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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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsLower left: N. Diaz 47ProvenanceProbably 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.