Giovanna Bellelli
c. 1858
Artists
Dimensions
31.4 x 22.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 in.)
Provenance
Edmond de Gas (the artist's nephew), Paris, by descent; to Jeanne Fèvre (the artist's niece) [1], Nice. [Charles E. Slatkin, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, February 23, 1956, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum. [1] Evidence suggests Jeanne Fèvre was still alive in 1949; see "Mon Oncle Degas," Jeanne Fèvre and Pierre Borel, Éditions Pierre Cailler, Geneva, 1949, p. 10.
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