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The Alexandre Lethière Family

The Alexandre Lethière Family

(French, 1780–1867)
1815
Medium/TechniqueGraphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 27.5 x 21.8 cm (10 13/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Framed: 60 x 51.5 cm (23 5/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number26.45
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsL.l.: Ingres - à / Monsieur Lethière / rome 1815
ProvenanceBy descent within the Lethière family, either through Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (b. 1760-d. 1832) or his son, Alexandre Lethière, Paris, to Alexandre's son, Charles Lethière (b. 1816 - d. 1889), Paris; to his widow, Clémence Laurent Lethière (d. 1901), Guichainville. 1913, purchased from an unknown collector by Carlos de Bestegui (b. 1863 - d. 1915). 1926, sold by Wildenstein and Co. to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 11, 1926)