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JAMES 'JACQUES' JOSEPH TISSOT (FRENCH, 1836-1902)
Visiteurs étrangers au Louvre
signed 'J.J. Tissot' (lower left)
oil on panel
17 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (44.4 x 21.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1880.
Provenance
Perhaps, the painting sold by James Tissot in 1886 to J. Bulla, partner of Paris art-dealers Bulla Frères et Jouy, as Visiteurs au Louvre, Salle des Saisons for 1,000 francs.
Probably, Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris art dealer.
Probably, His sale; Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris, 12-14 June 1907, lot 99, as La Galerie d’Apollon du Louvre (described as oil on canvas, 43.5 x 30.5 cm, signed James Tissot , bought by M. Gérard for 500 francs.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 June 1914, lot 76 as La Galerie des Antiques au Louvre, oil on panel, 44 x 21 cm, sold for 65 francs.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 June 1921, lot 117 as La Visite au musée du Louvre, oil on panel, 44.5 x 22 cm, sold for 125 francs
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 November 2006, lot 211, sold after the sale to the mother of the present owner.
Literature
W.E. Misfeldt, The Albums of James Tissot Ohio, 1982, fig. 42 (this or a similar version).
M. Wentworth, James Tissot Oxford, 1984, p. 163 (for the other versions).
K. Matyjaszkiewicz, James Tissot London, 1984, p.122 and fig. 55 (this or a similar version).
K. Matyjaszkiewicz, ‘Tissot’s Sales Notebook (Carnet de Ventes),’ in Melissa E. Buron, ed., James Tissot San Francisco, 2019, pp. 281 & 341.
K. Matyjaszkiewicz, ‘Creating and Meeting Demand: James Tissot’s London Replicas,’ in Julie F. Codell, ed., Victorian Artists’ Autograph Replicas: Auras, Aesthetics, Patronage and the Art Market, London, 2020, p. 248.
Exhibited
Perhaps, Paris, Galerie Sedelmeyer, Exposition J. J. Tissot, 19 April – 15 June 1885, no. 25, as 'Étrangers au Louvre'.