The Days of Creation: The Fifth Day
1870-1876
Artists
Dimensions
102.2 x 35.9 cm (40 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by William Graham, London, 1877 (£2,000); his sale, Christie's, London, April 2-4, 1886, no. 161 (£1,732 10s.); purchased at that sale by Thomas Agnew and Sons, London; purchased from them by Alexander Henderson, later first Lord Faringdon, 1886; his sale, Sotheby's, London, June 13, 1934, no. 99 (£860); acquired at that sale through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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