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NARCISSE-VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PEÑA (FRENCH, 1807-1876)
Promenade à la robe bleue
signed and dated 'N. Diaz. 70' (lower left)
oil on canvas
2414 x 1978 in. (61.6 x 50.5 cm.)
Provenance
Junius Spencer Morgan (1813-1890).
J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), his son, by descent.
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), his son, by descent.
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired directly from the above, by April 1943.
Albert P. Streitmann (1873-1960) and Olinda Voss Strietmann, Cincinnati, possibly acquired directly from the above.
Cincinnati Art Museum, gifted by the above, 1954.
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 2014, lot 90.
with Galerie Michael, Beverly Hills, CA.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Literature
E. Strahan, The Art Treasures of America, Philadelphia, 1879, vol. III, p. 21.
Exhibited
New York, American Federation of Arts, The Road to Impressionism, October 1963-May 1964, as Family Group.
Lexington, University of Kentucky, Reality, Fantasy, and Flesh: Tradition in Nineteenth Century Art, 28 October-18 November 1973, pp. 13, 24, no. 30, illustrated as, Family Group.
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We are grateful to Rolande Miquel and Tazi Klaa for confirming the authenticity of this work, which will be included in their forthcoming supplement to the Diaz de la Peña catalogue raisonné.

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