Ganymede Feeding the Eagle

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Description

Ganymede seated under tree faces Eagle at left, who feeds from two-handled bowl. Seven firing holes on back.

Dimensions

sight: 14.9 × 13 × 1.5 cm (5 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 9/16 in.) framed: 26 × 23 cm (10 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Dr. J. Lumsden Propert, London, England, Sold to Sanderson?, 1902. Per Rathbone. Gorely article (see bibliography) claims that this work was sold to Sanderson in 1902, when Propert's collection was dispersed. Arthur Sanderson, Edinburgh, Scotland, Purchased from Propert estate?, 1902. Per Rathbone. Gorely article (see bibliography) claims that Sanderson acquired the work from Propert when his collection was sold in 1902. Frederick Rathbone, London, England, Sold to Winthrop, 1911. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, Purchased from Rathbone, 1911, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Winthrop paid $340