Nicolae tonitza - on the veranda, oil on cardboard, 59. 5 x 49 cm, signed lower right, in brown, tonitza. The opera was given by nicolae tonitza to theodor pallady for his stepdaughter, marie jeanne diamandy. Marie jeanne was the daughter of ioana pallady from her marriage to constantin diamandy, romanian nobleman and diplomat, minister plenipotentiary in petersburg and later, the romanian ambassador in paris. Constantin diamandy had 3 children with ioana, born ghika: marie jeanne, magda and ion. Marie jeanne married neculai bastaki, an agricultural engineer educated in belgium, and her sister, magda, married emil sturdza and then george g. Assan, with whom she lived in the assan house in lahovary square, today the house of scientists. An art lover, marie jeanne began her collection under her father's guidance. The family's possessions as well as the art collection were lost after 1945, the work being among the few that survived the first wave of confiscations, only to be confiscated in the 80s. In 2008, following the decision of 2006, the work is returned by the bucharest city museum to the heirs of marie jeanne (diamandy) bastaki.
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