Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Virgil Reading from the Aeneid



Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres - Virgil Reading from the Aeneid



Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Virgil Reading from the Aeneid
1864
61 x 49.8 cm
Oil on paper on panel
Sale Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018


Provenance

The artist
Delphine Ingres, née Ramel (1808-1887), the artist's second wife, by descent, 1867
Albert Ramel, her nephew, by descent
Madame Ramel, his wife, by descent
Emmanuel Riant, her son-in-law, by descent
Marquis de Salverte
anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 December 1952, nr. 101, as Virgile lisant l'Enéide devant Alexandre, ou, 'Tu Marcellus eris'
with Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York, acquired at the above sale
acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1969
sale (Property of La Salle University) Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018, nr. 31

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