Jacques Blanchard

Angelica and Medoro



Jacques Blanchard - Angelica and Medoro



Jacques Blanchard
Angelica and Medoro
possibly early 1630s
121.6 x 175.9 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of George A. Hearn, 1906


Provenance

?Philippe Vignon, Paris, until d. 1701; posthumous inventory, 13 September 1701: "Item, un tableau original de Blanchard le père représentant Angélique et Médor, de cinq pieds de large sur quatre de haut avec sa bordure dorée, estimé cinquante livres")
?Edme Bouchardon, Paris, until 1762
sale, Paris, November 1762, nr. 13, as "Angélique et Médor," by Blanchard, 3 1/2 x 5 pieds [44 3/4 x 63 3/4 in.]
?Verrier, until 1776
sale, Paris, 14 November postponed to 18 November 1776, nr. 58, as "Angélique et Médor," by Laurent de La Hyre, 4 pieds 4 pouces x 5 pieds 6 pouces [55 1/8 x 70 1/2 in.]
Poullain, Paris, until 1780
sale, Le Brun, Paris, 15ff. March 1780, nr. 105, as "Angélique et Médor," for 700 livres to "comte d'Orsé" [sic]
comte d'Orsay, Paris, 1780–90
his sale, Basan, Paris, 14 April 1790, nr. 2, as "Angélique et Médor," for 200 livres
with T.J. Blakeslee, New York, until 1904
his sale, American Art Association, New York, 7 April 1904, nr. 71, as "Venus and Adonis," for $4,900 to Hearn
George A. Hearn, New York (1904–6)
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 06.1268

Other works by Jacques Blanchard


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Jacques Blanchard The Madonna and Child
The Madonna and Child

Jacques Blanchard St. Veronica
St. Veronica

Jacques Blanchard Venus and the Graces Surprised by a Mortal
Venus and the Graces Surprised by a Mortal
c. 1631

Jacques Blanchard Danae
Danae
c. 1629-1630