Promenade to the Fuente de la India, Paseo Nuevo, Havana [La Fiesta de los Quince Años]

Artist Édouard Pingret French, Saint-Quentin 1785–1869 Paris

Datecirca 1850

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsheight and width: 32 1/2 × 39 3/8 in. (82.5 × 100 cm)
frame: 34 × 41 × 1 3/4 in. (86.4 × 104.1 × 4.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Charles and Pauline Lewis Hayworth Fund, Huntley Endowment, and Ron and Jeanette Doggett Endowed Fund

Object number2024.28.1

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ProvenanceCreated Havana, circa 1850. María de las Mercedes de Bourbon (1880–1904), Princess of Asturias, and Infanta of Spain [1]; to her son Alfonso de Borbón-Dos Sicilias (1901–1964); to his wife Alicia de Borbón-Parma, duquesa de Calabria (1917–2017); probably to her daughter Teresa de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma (b. 1937), Madrid; [Alcalá Subastas, Madrid, December 23, 2021, no. 1100] [2]. [Rafael Valls Limited, London, by 2022]. [Galerie Terrades, Paris]. [consigned through Nicolas Joly, Joly Art Conseil, Paris, by 2024]; sold to NCMA, 2024.

[1] María was the sister of Spanish King Alfonso XIII (r. 1874–1885). In 1901 she married Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias (1870–1949), Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Infante of Spain.

[2] Listed as part of an “Important collection of personal objects from European Royal Houses” [Importante colección de objetos personales procedentes de Casas Reales europeas]Published References“Pintura antigua y siglo XIX, cambio de siglo, arte contemporáneo, artes decorativas, escultura y muebles, joyas y relojes” (auction catalogue) (Madrid, Alcalá Subastas, December 22-23, 2021), lot 1100, misspelled as Edouard Pringet. Object Rights Statement

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