Overview

• The work surfaced during a September 2024 inventory of a private mansion in Paris’s 6th arrondissement by auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat.
• Authentication is attributed to Professor Nils Büttner, president of the Antwerp-based Rubenianum, according to Osenat.
• A committee traced the painting’s record via an earlier engraving and ran X-ray imaging plus pigment analysis.
• The oil on canvas measures 105.5 by 72.5 centimeters and is reported to be in very good condition.
• Provenance is believed to include 19th-century painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau before passing to the mansion’s owners.