Portrait of Olivier Bro

Artists

Dimensions

62 × 51 cm (24 7/16 × 20 1/16 in.) framed: 81.3 × 71.1 cm (32 × 28 in.)

Provenance

General Louis Bro (1781-1844), by descent; to his son, Olivier Bro de Comères (1813-1874), until at least 1924. [1] Édouard Napoléon César Edmond Mortier, Duc de Trévise (1883-1946), Paris, until at least 1939. [2] [Schaeffer Galleries, New York].[Julius Weitzner, New York and London, and R. L.]; [3] sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, 1952; The Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Trust, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021 Notes [1] Baron Bro de Comères is listed as the owner in the 1924 exhibition catalogue [2] Duc de Trévise is listed as the lender to the 1939 "French Romantic Artists" exhibition [3] According to the Weitzner stockbooks, a half share of this work was owned with "R. L."