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Drunken Bacchus with Faun and Satyr
Drunken Bacchus with Faun and Satyr

Drunken Bacchus with Faun and Satyr

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Medium/TechniqueOil on copper
Dimensions35.9 x 49.2 cm (14 1/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number79.164
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceUntil about 1854/1858, private collection, Lisbon, Portugal; between about 1854 and 1858, sold from this private collection to John Louis O' Sullivan (b. 1813 - d. 1895), Lisbon and New York [see note 1]; about 1860, sold by Sullivan to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Hardcastle, New York and Boston; 1879, sold from the estate of Mr. Hardcastle to the MFA for $500. (Accession Date: July 17, 1879)

NOTES:
[1] John O'Sullivan served as United States Minister to Portugal from 1854 until 1858.
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