Venus Presenting Aeneas to Jupiter and Juno
1746-47
Artists
Dimensions
21.4 × 30.5 cm (8 7/16 × 12 in.)
Provenance
Possibly Claude-Henri Watelet, Paris, possibly sold [through his sale, Paillet-Hayot de Longpré, Paris, June 12, 1786, part of lot 167]. Charles-Robert Boutin de La Coulommière, Paris and Berchères-sur-Vesgre (1722-AnIV). Private Collection, Paris. Sold [New York, January 21, 2003, lot 91]. [Galerie Éric Coatalem, Paris, circa 2003]. Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 2003, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018
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