607 Myrtle Ave
Boonton, NJ 07005
United States
Millea Bros. is a boutique auction company focused on fresh-to-market property from distinguished New York Metro Area estates, institutions and private collections. Founded in 2003, Millea Bros. is the culmination of Michael and Mark Millea’s twenty-five years of experience in the auction business. ...Read more
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May 17, 2024
French School (18th/19th c.), Portrait of three men, bust length, on brown paper, with "Ingres D Apres Masaccio" on verso, unidentified collection stamp lower right, 6.5"h x 8"w (sight), 11.5"h x 14"w (frame) - PROVENANCE: A Private Collection: 710 Park Avenue, NYC; Christie's, London, 9 December 1986, [lot 281] - NOTES/LITERATURE: Per the Frits Lugt website: "Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, the collection mark, composed of the initials J and S or G and S, and the inscription "Semper Tibi", is affixed to the front at the bottom right of drawings from the French school...None of these drawings give us the keys to identifying the owner of "To You Forever", only an unsigned handwritten note kept at the Custodia Foundation proposes the hypothesis of associating the name of "Stuart" or "Stewart", for which we have not found any information"
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