Portret osoby historycznie znanej, chyba już zapomnianej nawet przez przez rodzinę a w dodatku jest to mężczyzna. Bolesław Szańkowski to malarz zalotnych i pełnych życia i wdzięków kobiet i dlatego moim zdaniem obecny obraz przepadł na aukcji.

Lot 71. Bolesław von Szańkowski (Warsaw 1873-1953 Fischbachau). Portrait of Boni da Castellane signed ‘B. Szanko’ (lower left) oil on canvas signed ‘B. Szanko’ (lower left) oil on canvas 163 x 98cm (64 3/16 x 38 9/16in). Footnotes: Provenance Anon. sale, Piasa, Paris, 1 April 2011, lot 18 Private Collection, France Collection Comte Louis de Causans French nobleman and politician, Marquis Boniface de Castellane (1867-1932), better known as Boni de Castellane, was a key figure in the Paris of the Belle Epoque. Remembered as an aesthete, a collector and a dandy, Boni was also famous for his quotation like ‘C’est déjà assez triste d’être ruiné. S’il fallait encore restreindre son train de vie’ as well as for his marriage to the wealthy American heiress Anna Gould, his parties in the sumptuous Palais Rose that he had built on what is now the Avenue Foch, Paris, and his financial woes which, after his calamitous divorce, forced him to work as a decorator-antique dealer. The present owner is a descendant of the sitter. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com. Estimate 15,000 – 20,000 euro. Bonhams. Cornette de Saint Cyr. 02/21/24. Passed