Atreus Showing his Brother Thyestes the Heads of His Children
c. 1720-1724
Artists
Dimensions
35.8 x 24.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt, lower left); sale, London, Christie's, 29 November 29 1983, lot 102 (as attributed to Michel François Dandré-Bardon), sold; to Jean Montague Massengale; her sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 2007, lot 123; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010, inv. no. 2010.625
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