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Fri, Mar 6, 2026 05:00PM EST - Tue, Mar 17, 2026 08:00PM EDT
Lot 201

The Chocolate Girl (Baker's Chocolate)

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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The Chocolate Girl: After Jean-Etienne Liotard. Oil on canvas mounted to board, framed. The painting is accompanied by an advertisement from Walter Baker and Co., Ltd.. A fresh-faced chamber maid carries a lacquer tray with a glass of a water and a Meissen porcelain cup filled with dark chocolate to the bedside of her mistress.

19 x 15 inches framed; 16 x 12.25 inches canvas

Purchased in 2005 at Park West Gallery, Registration No. 143870.0001. Private collection, Boston.

Condition

The painting was cleaned and reliened in 1984. Thin craquelure is visible, but very stable.

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