Lot 38: Etienne Charles Le Guay (French, 1762-1846)

ETIENNE CHARLES LE GUAY (FRENCH, 1762-1846) A lady in white dress, seated in a landscape with a book Signed ‘E. C. Le Guay.’ (mid-left) On ivory Rectangular, 147 x 120 mm., giltwood and gesso frame, the reverse open to reveal an inscription with information relating to its provenance

PROVENANCE: The property of a French émigré in Basel. Fräulein Passavant, Basel, in the 1790s. Merian-Ryhiner Family, Basel. A. Refardt-Bischof, Basel, in 1912. Acquired by Mme. Rambert from Mlle. Amsler, sister and nurse of Prof. Amsler, eye surgeon at the University in Zurich, who had received it as a token of gratitude from a patient. With Mme. L. Rambert, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Montreux, 3 August 1948. (inv. nos. MD/0465 and 258).