The Death of Orpheus

Artists

Dimensions

sight: 29.2 x 75.6 cm (11 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.) framed: 55.5 x 101.5 cm (21 7/8 x 39 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Jos Hessel, sold; to Gustave Fayet (1865-1925), Béziers, 1910. [1] probably Marcel Kapferer, Paris, by 1938. [2]. [Wildenstein & Co., New York, New York], sold; to Private Collector, 1955, gift; to Fogg Art Museum,1955 Notes [1] Hessel provenance from "Gustave Fayet: "L'oeil souverain," pp. 139-140 [2] Marcel Kapferer very likely owned the painting during the 1938 exhibition, as it appears below another work lent by Marcel Kapferer with a dash so that the name did not need to be retyped.