Cesar Philipp (German, b. 1859), oil on canvas depicting a languorous noblewoman relaxing on a marble exedra bench, perhaps drying off after a swim, her court ladies attending to her in an extravagant sun-drenched marble courtyard, lavishly rendered in the Greco-Roman taste of the Victorian era, signed lower left, unframed. 34" H x 60.5" W x 1" D. Relined. Provenance: Christie's, October 5, 1990, Lot 80/c; Removed from a private residence at the Pierre Hotel.

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