Object number2017.38
Allegory of Sculpture, with a model of Silenus with the infant Dionysus
Date1733
Artist
Jean François de Troy
(French, 1679 - 1752)
CultureFrench
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOther (circular): 85.3 × 88 cm (33 9/16 × 34 5/8 in.)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Ruth Britten (Ruth Rutchik, class of 1958), by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (lower center): DE TROY 1733
BibliographyE.H.M. Cox, "Lou Sueil II. Eze, A.M., The Residence of Colonel and Mme Balsan", Country Life, 12 February 1927, p. 250, fig. 12.ProvenanceCollection of Mme Consuelo Balsan (nee Vanderbilt, formerly Duchess of Marlborough (1877-1964)), Chateau Balsan, Eze, by 1927; London, Christie's, March 23, 2017, collection of Robert de Balkany.
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