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Johann Zoffany (artist) British, 1733 - 1810 The Lavie Children, c. 1770 oil on canvas Overall: 102.5 x 127.6 cm (40 3/8 x 50 1/4 in.) framed: 125.7 x 151.1 x 7.6 cm (49 1/2 x 59 1/2 x 3 in.) Paul Mellon Collection 1983.1.48 |
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Provenance
Painted for Germain Lavie [d. 1781], Putney, London; by inheritance to his daughter, Emilia Lavie Lechmere [Mrs. Luther Lechmere], one of the children in the picture; by inheritance to her son, John Lechmere; by inheritance to his widow, Sophie Lechmere; by inheritance to her nephew, Charles Luther Lechmere; by inheritance to his sister, Grace Lechmere Reynolds; by inheritance to her daughter, Grace Reynolds Lewis [Mrs. Philip H. Lewis], London;[1] (sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1960, no. 46); (Frost & Reed, London); (John Nicholson Gallery, New York); purchased October 1960 by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA.
[1] The descent in the family was outlined by Grace Lewis in a letter of 18 August 1960 to John Nicholson Gallery, copy in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
- Frost & Reed
- Lavie, Germain
- Lechmere, Charles Luther
- Lechmere, Emilia
- Lechmere, John
- Lechmere, Sophie
- Lewis, Grace Reynolds
- Mellon, Paul, Mr.
- Nicholson Gallery, John
- Reynolds, Grace Lechmere
- Sotheby's
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