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Please note the provenance of this lot should read:
By repute presented as a gift from the Swedish King Gustav VI Adolf.
Thence by descent (as per written in the 28 November 1990 Sotheby's catalogue).
Their sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 November 1990, lot 60.
With David Dickinson Ltd.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991.
Provenance
Presented as a gift from the Swedish King Gustav VI Adolf.
Thence by descent.
Their sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 November 1990, lot 60.
With David Dickinson Ltd.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991.
Betsellère studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel, and the influence of Cabanel's academic style can be seen in his later work.
Please note the provenance of this lot should read: By repute presented as a gift from the Swedish King Gustav VI Adolf. Thence by descent (as per written in the 28 November 1990 Sotheby's catalogue). Their sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 November 1990, lot 60. With David Dickinson Ltd. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991.