Study for the Left Hand of Comte Louis-Mathieu Molé
1834
Artists
Dimensions
17.8 x 21.5 cm (7 x 8 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Sold by the artist to Étienne-François Haro; consigned by him to the Ingres sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 6-7, 1867 (Lugt 1921, no. 1241), no. 84 (Fr 790); (?) Thibaudeau (or Thibaudot); Henry Lehmann; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 2-3, 1883; no. 201; comtesse de Béhague, Paris; her daughter, comtesse de Béarn; acquired from her through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop, May-June 1931 (Fr 27,500 for 1943.850-1943.853); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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