Sébastien Bourdon
The Finding of Moses
c. 1655/60119.6 x 172.8 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 419
Philip Conisbee, French paintings of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century, Washington; Princeton, N.J., 2009, nr. 8
Provenance
Possibly Adriaen Paets II (1657-1712), Rotterdam
possibly his sale, Rotterdam, 26 April 1713, nr. 19
possibly François Antoine Robit (c. 1752-1815), Paris
exhibition and sale, including Robit collection, by private contract, Mr. (Michael) Bryan's Gallery, London, 6 November 1801 and following days (exhibition closed 31 May 1802), nr. 44
Arthur L. Nicholson, London and Llandaff House, Surrey, by 1937 until at least 1939
with Paul Drey, New York
sold 1948 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1961 to NGA
Other works by Sebastien Bourdon
Horsemen taking refreshment
Countess Ebba Sparre
1652/53
1652/53
The Adoration of the Magi
Massacre of the Innocents
The Metal Snake