Minerva Assisting Louis XIV with the Presentation of an Architectural Plan to France
17th century
Artists
Dimensions
34.9 × 21.7 cm (13 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Possibly Pierre Crozat, Paris; possibly his sale, Paris, Pierre-Jean Mariette, 10 April-13 May 1741, part of lot 1010; Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (his mark, L.1852, mount, lower right); his sale, Basan, Paris, 15 November 1775-30 January 1776, possibly part of lot 1179; possibly Augustin Pajou, Paris; Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, mount, lower left); Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara (by 1978); Artemis, New York; Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund, inv. no. 1984.590
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