Inv. n°: MMoCA132MA

Mercury Entrusting the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa

h. 40.5 x w. 58.5 cm

1777

Brown ink wash and red chalk on paper

Provenance

  • Germain Seligman (Jacques Seligman & Co), New York, L.3863
  • Christie's Sale, London, 4th July 1995, lot 146
  • Christie's South Kensington Sale, London, 21st April 1998, lot 286
  • W. M. Brady & Co, New York, 2000
  • Acquired at Sotheby's, London, 25th January 2012, lot 82

Publications

  • Bellier de la Chavignerie et Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française..., Paris, 1882, vol. I, p. 879

Exhibitions

  • Salon of Paris, Paris, France, 1777 — 1777
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from 2013

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