Studies for "The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien" (Saint, Mother, and Proconsul)

Artists

Dimensions

sight: 60 x 47.6 cm (23 5/8 x 18 3/4 in.) framed: 81.8 x 69.2 cm (32 3/16 x 27 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, (1833-1866) sold; to Etienne-François Haro, Paris (until 1867); [Ingres sale, Hôtel Drouot, May 6-7, 1867 no. 7]; to Eugène Lecompte, Paris (1867-1906); [his sale, Hôtel Drouot, June 11-13, 1906, no. 49] . Comtesse de Behague, Paris (1911-1934) sold; [through Martin Birnbaum]; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Notes: Lecomte paid Fr 7,050 for this canvas in the Ingres sale The Comtesse de Behague was also known as the Comtesse de Bearn (before her divorce). Winthrop paid Fr 66,000 ($4400)