Émile Munier

FRENCH
LA JEUNESSE (AFTER WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU'S SUR LE ROCHER)

1840-1895

Émile Munier

signed, inscribed and dated E. MUNIER / D'APRES BOUGUEREAU / 1878 upper right
oil on canvas
41 by 32.5cm., 16 by 13in.

Provenance:
Charles Allen (probably, Judge Charles Allen, Massachusetts, by May 1883 according to an old exhibition label on the frame reverse)
Marian Allen (by descent from the above, her uncle, June 1913, according to an old paper label on the frame's reverse)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 8 November 2012, lot 49
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner