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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.40
People
Gaspard Marsy, French (Cambrai 1624 - 1681 Paris)
Anselme Flamen, French (1647 - 1717)
Title
The Abduction of Oreithyia by Boreas
Other Titles
Alternate Title: L'Enlevement d'Oreithyia; Boreas Carrying Off Oreithyia
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228008

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
57.15 x 28.58 x 29.05 cm (22 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 11 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Edward R. Lubin, New York, NY, February 1961, sold;] to Fogg Art Museum through Louise Haskell Daly Fund.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.40
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Baroque Sculpture and the Decorative Arts: a Loan Exhibition, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1965), cat. no. 39
  • Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, 1967)
  • Eunice Williams, Gods & Heroes: Baroque Images of Antiquity, Wildenstein Gallery, New York (New York, NY, 1968), no. 24, repr.
  • François Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: the Reign of Louis XIV, Paul Cassirer Gallery (Oxford, England, 1977), p. 282, mentioned under cat. 19b

Exhibition History

  • Baroque Sculpture and the Decorative Arts, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley, 03/07/1965 - 03/27/1965
  • Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 10/12/1967 - 12/03/1967
  • Gods & Heroes: Baroque Images of Antiquity, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 10/29/1968 - 01/04/1969

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