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 (French, 1703–1770)
Dateca. 1760
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions85 1/2 x 38 in. (217.2 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1916.1.05
Collection History

Madame de Pompadour, Château de Crécy (?). Robert, Lord Pembroke. Alexander Barker. His sale, June 6, 1874, Christie’s, Lot 20, sold for £6,352 10s to Samson Wetheimer. Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris. Maurice Kann, Paris. Duveen. Frick, 1916.

Source: Paintings in The Frick Collection: French, Italian and Spanish. Volume II. New York: The Frick Collection, 1968.

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