The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa; The Death of Echo and Narcissus

Artists

Dimensions

122.6 x 180.5 cm (48 1/4 x 71 1/16 in.) framed: 139.5 x 198 x 9.2 cm (54 15/16 x 77 15/16 x 3 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Painted for Jacques Stella, 1657, sold; by Stella family before 1693. Jean Neyret de la Ravoye, before 1701. Possibly Paul and André Vérani de Varenne, by 1713. Philippe, duc d'Orléans, by descent; to Louis-Philippe called Philippe Egalité, 1723, sold; to Walkuers (with the Orléans Collection), 1790, sold; to Laborde of Méréville, 1790, sold; to the Bridgewater-Carlisle-Stafford syndicate, bought by Bryan, 1798, sold; to John Willett Willett, December 1798, sold [through his sale, London, June 2, 1813, lot 124 (bought in)]; by Pinney. Chevalier Sébastian Erard, Paris, 1824, sold [through Christie and Manson, London, June 22, 1833, lot 35]; to Shayer. Montcalm Gallery of Pictures, Montpellier, sold [through Christie and Manson, London, May 5, 1849, lot 137], sold; to Wiggins. Adrian Hope, sold; [through Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, June 30,1894, lot 55]; to Sir A. Hayter, by descent (?); to Lord Haversham (son-in-law of Adrian Hope), by descent; to Lady Haversham, sold [through Christie's, London, April 20, 1923, lot 75]; to [Durlacher Brothers, London], sold; to Samuel Sachs, New York, July 1923, by descent; to Mrs. Samuel Sachs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942 Notes [1] The picture was put up for sale by Erard at Henry, Paris, August 7, 1832, as lot 192 but the lot was bought in.