Eustache le Sueur

The Rape of Tamar



Eustache le Sueur - The Rape of Tamar



Eustache le Sueur
The Rape of Tamar
c. 1640
189.2 x 161.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1984


Literature

Everett Fahy (ed.), The Wrightsman pictures, New York; New Haven, 2005, nr. 39


Provenance

Jean-Baptiste François Nourri, Paris, until died 1784
his estate sale, J. Folliot and F. Delalande, experts, Hôtel de Bullion, Paris, 24 February 1785, nr. 104, to Folliot
private collection, until 1983
sale, Christie's, London, 2 December 1983, nr. 45, as by the Circle of Simon Vouet, to Stair Sainty Matthiesen
with Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York, and Colnaghi, New York, 1983–84, sold to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 1984.342

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Eustache Le Sueur Alexander and His Doctor
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Eustache Le Sueur and Studio The Deposition
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Eustache Le Sueur Christ healing a blind
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Eustache Le Sueur The Crucifixion of Christ
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Eustache le Sueur The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
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