Laurent de la Hyre

Angelica and Medoro



Laurent de la Hyre - Angelica and Medoro



Laurent de la Hyre
Angelica and Medoro
1641
141.3 x 140.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left, on the broken tree trunk: DE LA HIRE . IN. ET. F. 1641
Sale Sotheby's, New York, 1 February 2018


Provenance

Probably Anonymous sale, Paris, 9 April 1793, nr. 76
André Seligmann, Paris
confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR inventory no. Sel 39 ), 29 June 1940
transferred to Schloss Neuschwanstein, Hohenschwangau, Germany
repatriated to France, 13 November 1945
restituted to Mme André Seligmann, 19 February 1946
anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 6 December 1946, nr. 29
with Georges Duff
from whom acquired by a private collector
by whose descendant anonymously sold ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 4 July 1997, nr. 62
there acquired by the present collector
Sale Christie's, New York, 27 April 2017, nr. 35 (withdrawn)
Sale Sotheby's, New York, 1 February 2018, nr. 55