Lot Essay
The present work is a copy, in reverse, after the original painting by Prud'hon, exhibited at the Salons of 1808 and 1814, now in the Louvre, Paris.
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The Abduction of Psyche
Details
After Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
The Abduction of Psyche
oil on panel
17 5/8 x 14 ¾ in. (44.8 x 37.5 cm.)
The Abduction of Psyche
oil on panel
17 5/8 x 14 ¾ in. (44.8 x 37.5 cm.)
Provenance
Alphonse Kann, Paris (by 1912, until 1927).
His sale; American Art Association, New York, January 7, 1927, no. 85, as by Prud'hon.
Mrs. William R. (Lillian S.) Timken, New York.
Gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the above, 1959.
His sale; American Art Association, New York, January 7, 1927, no. 85, as by Prud'hon.
Mrs. William R. (Lillian S.) Timken, New York.
Gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the above, 1959.
Exhibited
St. Petersburg, Institut Français, Exposition centennale de l'art français, January 28–?, 1912, no. 495 (as "Esquisse de 'L'enlèvement de Psyché'," lent by Alphonse Kann).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.