The Days of Creation: The First Day

Artists

Dimensions

102.2 x 35.5 cm (40 1/4 x 14 in.) frame: 113.7 x 47.6 x 4.1 cm (44 3/4 x 18 3/4 x 1 5/8 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.