The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa
c. 1656
Artists
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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