The Toilet of Venus, after Jan van Lys

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.151
People: Carl Peter Teigen, American (Minneapolis, MN 1895 - 1936 Co. Donegal, Ireland)
After Johann Liss, German (Oldenburg, Germany c. 1595-1600 - 1631 Venice, Italy)
Title: The Toilet of Venus, after Jan van Lys
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 19th-20th century
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230550

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 86.4 x 69.9 cm (34 x 27 1/2 in.)
framed: 108 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm (42 1/2 x 36 x 1 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: To artist's sister, Miss Teigen of Princeton, NJ, at his death (?); Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.151
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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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. 116

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