Mercury Presenting the Lyre to Apollo; verso: Study for a Muse
c. 1673
Artists
Dimensions
irregular: 28 x 27.3 cm (11 x 10 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (his mark, L.2072 or 2073, lower left); possibly his sale, 3-7 April 1900, possibly part of lot 518 or 532; sale, Paris, May 1977; Jacques Petithory, Paris; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund, inv. no. 1978.136
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