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The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa

The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa

DrawingsFrench17th century

The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa

c. 1656

Artists

Nicolas PoussinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk, squared in red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.9 x 37.5 cm (9 x 14 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Paris; his sale, Paris, 11 April 1825 and following days, lot 499; Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (without his mark, L.2445); William Coningham, Brighton (without his mark, L.476); possibly Colnaghi, London (by 1846); Pierre Defer, Paris; his son-in-law, Henri Dumesnil, Paris, by descent (their mark, L.739, lower right) ; Dumesnil and Defer-Dumensil families, by descent; their sale, Drouot (Boudin and Foucault), Paris, 10-12 May 1900, lot 204; sale, Drouot (Ader), Paris, 14 May 1958, lot 28; Stephen Higgins, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Stralem, New York; Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stralem, 1958.290

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