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Venus and Cupid (II)
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876)
1847
Medium/Technique
Oil on paperboard mounted on panel
Dimensions
32.4 x 20.0 cm (12 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Josiah Bradlee
Accession Number03.739
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower left: N. Diaz 47
ProvenanceProbably sold by Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, to Albert Spencer, Paris and New York; February 28, 1888, Spencer sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 22, sold for $900 [see note] to M. Knoedler and Co., New York (Stock No. 6017): February 29, 1888, sold by Knoedler to Robert F. Clark, Boston. Sold by J. Eastman Chase Gallery, Boston, to Josiah Bradlee (b. 1837 - d. 1902), Marblehead, MA and Boston; 1903, bequest of Josiah Bradlee to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 16, 1903)
NOTE: Sold as "Cupid's Lesson" and said to come from the Petit collection, Paris.
NOTE: Sold as "Cupid's Lesson" and said to come from the Petit collection, Paris.