Venus and Cupid (II)
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
(French, 1807–1876)
1847
Medium/TechniqueOil on paperboard mounted on panel
Dimensions32.4 x 20.0 cm (12 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Josiah Bradlee
Accession number03.739
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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]. 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: August 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.
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
