JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (GENEVA 1767-1849 LONDON)

JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (GENEVA 1767-1849 LONDON)
Bay Ascham, a stallion, led through a gate to a mare
oil on canvas
59 7/8 x 72 in. (152.1 x 182.9 cm.)

Provenance
Painted for the Hon. George Pitt (1751-1828), 2nd Baron Rivers, and by inheritance to his nephew,
William Augustus Pitt Lane-Fox (1796-1832), and by descent in the family to his great-grandson,
George Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (1890-1966), the Manor House, Hinton St. Mary, Dorset, and by inheritance to his partner,
Stella Pitt-Rivers, née Lonsdale, from whom acquired by the following,
with John Baskett, London, on behalf of,
Paul Mellon (1907-1999), United States, by 1969, by whom sold
Christie's, London, 17 November 1989, lot 8.
with Arthur Ackerman & Sons, London, where acquired by the present owner in November 1990.