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The Assumption of the Virgin: a modello for a domed ceiling
Details
Attributed to Antoine Berthélemy the Younger (Fontainebleau 1631-1669 Paris)
The Assumption of the Virgin: a modello for a domed ceiling
oil on canvas, circular
24¾ in. diam. (62.9 cm.)
The Assumption of the Virgin: a modello for a domed ceiling
oil on canvas, circular
24¾ in. diam. (62.9 cm.)
Provenance
J. Pierpont Morgan, by whom given in 1906 to
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2 June 1989, lot 2.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2 June 1989, lot 2.
Literature
K. Baetjer, European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980, I, p. 10 and III, p. 490, illustrated.
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