Lot Essay
We are grateful to Alastair Laing for suggesting the attribution
Details
Dominique Lefèvre (1737-1769)
Venus presenting Armour to Aeneas
51 x 38½in. (129.5 x 98cm.)
Venus presenting Armour to Aeneas
51 x 38½in. (129.5 x 98cm.)
Provenance
Captain Lowther, 5 Brunswick Square, Brighton; Christie's, 8 July 1876, lot 145, as 'Boucher' (9½gns. to Grindley).
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, London, W.1. (recorded in the Second Bedroom in 1939) ; Christie's, 27 April 1934, lot 99, as F. Boucher; unsold at 28gns. and by inheritance to the present owner
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, London, W.1. (recorded in the Second Bedroom in 1939) ; Christie's, 27 April 1934, lot 99, as F. Boucher; unsold at 28gns. and by inheritance to the present owner