Rosa Bonheur (French 1822-1899) Billie Signed with initials

Rosa Bonheur (French 1822-1899)

Billie

Signed with initials, and with the vente wax seal to stretcher

Oil on canvas

32.9 x 42.5cm; 13 x 16¾in

Provenance:

Property of the artist;

Her estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 30 May-2 June 1900, lot 598;

Arthur Tooth & Sons;

Mrs May Fitton, Island House, Steep;

Her posthumous estate sale, Knight, Frank & Rutley, 20-22 July 1954, lot 52

Literature:

Léon Roger-Milès, Rosa Bonheur (Paris,1900), p.127, no. 598