Sketch for Portrait of Olivier Bro

Artists

Dimensions

6.2 × 5.7 cm (2 7/16 × 2 1/4 in.) mount: 9.2 × 7.5 cm (3 5/8 × 2 15/16 in.) frame: 21.1 × 19.1 × 3.7 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 1 7/16 in.)

Provenance

General Louis Bro (1781-1844), by descent; to his son, Olivier Bro de Comères (1813-1874), until at least 1924. [1] Édouard Napoléon César Edmond Mortier, Duc de Trévise (1883-1946), Paris, until at least 1939. [2] [Schaeffer Galleries, New York]. [Julius Weitzner, New York and London and R.L.]; [3] sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, 1952; The Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Trust, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021 [1] Baron Bro de Comères is listed as the owner of the related painting in the 1924 exhibition catalogue [2] Duc de Trévise is listed as the lender of the painting to the 1939 "French Romantic Artists" exhibition [3] According to the Weitzner stockbooks, a half share of the painting was owned with "R. L."