Jean François de Troy
The Garter
172464.8 × 53.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated left, on baseboard: DETROY. 1724
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Provenance
Carl Ludwig Kuhtz, Berlin, until died 1889
his estate sale, Lepke's, Berlin, 15 February 1898, nr. 38, for 13,250 marks
Oscar Huldschinsky, Berlin, by 1906–28
his sale, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 10 May 1928, nr. 65, to Thyssen
Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Rohoncz, Hungary, later Villa Favorita, Lugano, 1928–died 1947
his son, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, his brother and two sisters, Villa Favorita, 1947–49
with Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, with Pinakos (Rudolf J. Heinemann), 1949–55; sold to Wrightsman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1955–his d. 1986; cat., 1973, nr. 29
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1986–died 2019; cat., 2005, nr. 46
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Other works by Jean-François de Troy
Christ and the Woman of Samaria
1741
1741
Portrait of a gentleman
Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing
c. 1722-24
c. 1722-24
Zephyr and Flora
c. 1725-26
c. 1725-26
Diana Surprised by Actaeon
1734
1734