Ancient Sacrifice in an Ionic Temple
1757
Artists
Dimensions
31.4 x 24.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Provenance
The artist’s estate; his estate sale, Olivier, Paris, 17 May 1809 and the following days, part of lot 52 (as "Young Woman Offering a Sacrifice"), sold; to François Destouches; John Witt Randall, Boston; to his sister, Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, by descent, gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall, inv. no. 1898.368
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