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The Countess von Cosel and Her Son as Venus and Cupid
The Countess von Cosel and Her Son as Venus and Cupid

The Countess von Cosel and Her Son as Venus and Cupid

Artist François de Troy French, 1645–1730
Datecirca 1712–1715
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions58 1/2 x 45 1/2 in. (148.6 x 115.6 cm)
Frame: 74 1/2 x 62 x 6 in. (189.2 x 157.5 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Newhouse Galleries
Object numberG.67.22.2
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceMarquise de Chambrun, Paris (Margaret Rives Nichols [ca. 1872-1949]?); with Newhouse Galleries, New York (by August 1963); given to NCMA, 1967.
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