PaintingsFrench19th century
The Chimera
1867
Artists
Gustave MoreauArtist
Dimensions
33.02 x 27.31 cm (13 x 10 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Gustave Moreau, 1867, sold; to Bocquet. Drouin. Willy Blumenthal, Paris, (by 1906-1935) sold; [through Martin Birnbaum]; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935-1943) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Notes: Bocquet paid 2,000 ff. WIlly Blumenthal lent this to the 1906 exhibition. Seligmann Gallery Archives record a visit to Willy Blumenthal on March 19, 1935, and describe a painting by Moreau: Centaure d'elançant dans le vide, une femme s'accrochée à son cou. Winthrop paid Fr 35,000
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