Marking: Arms (central panel, left window): D’or au chevron de sable charge sur sa pointe d’une chaine de quatre chainons d’argent elle meme placee en chevron. For Ingelbrechts (Ingelbrechts or Ymbrechts) of Malines and Spain
Stuttgart: W.
Circus Sideshow and Seurat’s Career: Circus Sideshow is one of only six major figure paintings Seurat created during his short but influential career. Born and raised in Paris as the son of a customs official, he pursued classical art training, including at least three years at the École des Beaux-Arts, and spent a year (1879–80) in military service in Brest before establishing himself as a professional artist in France’s capital city
Stuttgart, 1904, vol. 1, pp. 231–32, dates it 1888 and states that it is in the
Found at Colle del Capitano near Monteleone di Spoleto by Isidoro Vannozzi on February 8, 1902 (Scientific American 1903, p. 385; Robinson 1906, p. 83). 1902, discovered by Isidoro Vannozzi; [purchased by Benedetto Petrangeli from I
Stuttgarter Antiquitätenzeitung, 51(404). October 18, 1903.
Karlskrona, Sweden 1887–Berne, 1975
Swedish museums, and eventually sold a large portion of the works at auctions at Stuttgarter
