Lot 15: * ZICHY, MIKHAIL (1827-1906) Allegorical Composition

* ZICHY, MIKHAIL (1827-1906) Allegorical Composition , signed and dated 1863. Oil on canvas, 210 by 110 cm.
Provenance: Collection of the Eperjessys, the maternal side of the artist's family, Hungary.
A gift from the above to the previous owner in 1959.
Thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private collection, Europe.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.
Authenticity certificate from the art historian and legal expert on 19th and 20th century Hungarian art, Dr Gábor Bellák.

Literature: B. Lázár, Zichy Mihaly elete es műveszete, Budapest, Athenaeum, 1927, pl. 3, illustrated, incorrectly dated 1847.
I. Berkovits, Zichy Mihaly elete es munkassaga, Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1964, pp. 62 and 361, mentioned in the text and listed.