Lot 557 , Leon Augustin Lhermitte (French 1844-1925), oil on canvas, Jeune Fille Apportant Le Déjeuner, Moisson

Leon Augustin Lhermitte (French 1844-1925)
oil on canvas
'Jeune Fille Apportant Le Déjeuner, Moisson'
signed lower left
framers' label verso for John Mathieson & Co, 20 Frederick Street, Edinburgh
33.5 x 41.5cm
Estimate £20,000-30,000

Provenance: Allard, 5399; Lintilhac; John Andely Harvey; Christie's London, 2nd May 1924, lot 143; MacLean; Sampson, London; Andrew Kidd ?; Christie's London, 16th May 1930, lot 95; William A. Cargill; Sotheby's London, 11th June 1963, lot 1; collection Mrs Connel Auld Leggatt (née Mathieson) and thence by descent

Literature:
'Léon Augustin Lhermitte: Catalogue Raisonné' by Monique Le Pelley Fontenay, Paris, 1991, p.149, No. 236



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Sold for £19,000