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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.57
People
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, French (Bordeaux 1807 - 1876 Menton)
Title
Nymph Tormented by Cupid
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Nymphe Tourmentée par L'Amour / Nymphs in a Landscape / Figures in a Landscape
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1853
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228194

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
27.8 x 42 cm (10 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: N. Diaz 53
  • inscription: on back of frame, in black crayon: 11848-1; RT-821
  • inscription: on back of frame: Knoedler #9235 / 10 1/2 x 16 [1/?] S
  • inscription: on back of frame: Tues [sure?]
  • inscription: on back of frame: Diaz
  • label: on back of frame, handwritten on tape: Purchased / by S. G. / from Gimbel's / New York, 19/42 / Certificate from Gimbel / Bros. is in / my safety- / deposit box / at Bank / S. G.
  • label: on back of panel, printed in black: 821
  • inscription: on back of panel, in red chalk: 68
  • inscription: on back of panel: g[ ]33
  • label: on back of panel, partly torn away: [three blue overlapping circles]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Gimbel Brothers], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Glueck, gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1963

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Glueck
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.57
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 105; repr. as no. 296

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