"Two Gentleman and their Ladies", 1771

Louis-Joseph Watteau de Lille (French, 1731-1798), "The Soldier's Farewell" and "Two Gentleman and their Ladies", 1771, 2 oils on cradled oak panel, each initialed and dated, former lower left, latter lower center, each with "Christie's" tags on reverse of frame and attached to wire, one with "Sotheby's" label on reverse of frame, each with "Rose Art Museum Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass" label with artist and title and handwritten label with artist on reverse of frame, one with with printed label with artist, date and provenance information on cradle, each 9 1/4 in. x 11 1/4 in., framed alike with artist plaques, each overall 13 in. x 15 1/4 in. x 2 1/8 in. (2 pcs.). Provenance: Wildenstein & Co., New York; E state of Ethel Tod Humphreys; Parke-Bernet, New York, Nov. 10, 1956, lot 405; Collection of Oscar M. Lazrus, New York; The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, by donation 1964; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, June 7, 1978, lot 34; Private Collection, New Jersey; Sotheby's, New York, Jan. 15, 1987, lot 107; Christie's, New York, June 16, 2022, lot 76; Estate of Dr. Bruce Wilson, Memphis, TN. Ref.: J.A. Donson, "College Art News", Art Journal, XXIV, no. 4, summer 1965, p. 380.