European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Children on a Sunny Beach c. 1880 Antonio Mancini, Italian, 1852 - 1930 Oil on panel Currently not on view 2004-108-10 Vance N. Jordan Collection, 2004 |
LabelFor most of his life Mancini painted spontaneous landscapes like this one almost solely for his own amusement. Only in later years did he produce some larger landscapes meant for exhibition.ProvenanceVan Spaendonck-Dreesmann Collection. Sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, April 17, 2000, no. 337 (illus.); purchased by Vance N. Jordan (1943-2003), New York. |
