10-1/2 x 13-1/2 in. 15-1/2 x 18-1/2 in. (framed)
The Clowes Collection
European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800
Baron Henri-Marie-Bruno-Joseph-Léon Kervyn de Lettenhove [1856-1928], St. Michel-lez-Bruges and Brussels, Belgium; by descent to Colette H. Dawson (Mrs. John W. Dawson), Zionsville, Indiana, from 1948;{1} Edith Whitehill Clowes (Mrs. George Henry Alexander Clowes), Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1960; The Clowes Fund Collection, Indianapolis, since 1960, and on long-term loan to the Indianapolis Museum of Art since 1971 (C10012);{2} given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2017. {1} On the death of Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove in 1928, his estate was divided between his wife (died 1934) and one surviving child, the Vicomtesse Roger le Sergeant d’Hendecourt (died 1942). Four children of the latter were minors in 1942; two died in 1945, and the estate remained undivided until 1948, when it was split between Colette Dawson and her sister. See letter from John W. Dawson to Allen Whitehill Clowes, 23 September 1960, File C10012, Clowes Registration Archive, IMA. {2} Sales Agreement, 19 August 1960, File C10012, Clowes Registration Archive, IMA.
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