Provenance
Foullon de Doué family, Château d'Ancise, Douy, France;[1] probably by inheritance to the d'Estampes family, Château d'Ancise;[2] (sale, at the Château de Cheverny by Philippe Rouillac, 7 June 2009, no. 40); (John Mitchell Fine Paintings, London); purchased 12 March 2010 by NGA.
[1] This information was provided by William Mitchell, e-mail to Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., 22 February 2010, in NGA curatorial files. Douy is a small village in the Eure et Loir province of France, southwest of Paris between Orleans and Le Mans.
[2] The d'Estampes family is given as the consignor in the 2009 sale catalogue. Preliminary research into the connections between the Foullon de Doué and d'Estampes families is documented in NGA curatorial files.
Accession Number
2010.20.1
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
overall: 44.3 × 66.5 cm (17 7/16 × 26 3/16 in.) | framed: 55.88 x 78.74 x 5.08 cm (22 x 31 x 2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, in honor of Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.