Hesiod and the Muse
1857
Artists
Dimensions
41.9 x 33 cm (16 1/2 x 13 in.)
Provenance
The artist, gift; to Mme Alexandre (Flore) Singer, gift; to Emile Ollivier. [Hotel Drouot, Paris, March 2, 1960, lot 1 (as "L'Inspiration du poète"), sold]; to [Germain Seligman, New York (his stamp, lower right)]. [possibly Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London]. [Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, sold, August 1, 1978]; to David P. Becker, bequeathed; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011
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