Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep
Artist
Ubaldo Gandolfi
Italian, 1728–1781
Datecirca 1770–1775
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions86 x 53 5/8 in. (218.4 x 136.2 cm)
Frame: 97 3/4 x 60 in. (248.3 x 152.4 cm)
Frame: 97 3/4 x 60 in. (248.3 x 152.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), in memory of Robert Lee Humber
Object number83.1
On View
On viewProvenanceCommissioned ca. 1770 by Count Vincenzo Antonio Maria Marescalchi (1701-91) for the Palazzo Marescalchi in Bologna; his son, Count Ferdinando Marescalchi (1753-1816), Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna; his son, Count Carlo Marescalchi, Bologna and Paris, after 1816; [sold by Marescalchi heirs before 1830?] French art market, 1958 [this Drouot?]; with Galleria Moratilla, Paris [date?]; [with Marcello and Carlo Sestieri, Rome??-related to Ettoro/e Sestieri-director of Barberini-Grassi/Morandotti/Hofer]; with P. D. Colnaghi and Co. before 1976; sold to NCMA, 1983.
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