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Provenance

Possibly Marquis de Marigny, Chateau de la Muette, after 1746 until before 1787. Sir Harold Wernher, London; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 25-26 November 1946, 2nd day, no. 388, as Allegory of Spring by J.B. Lemoyne); Leonard Foster.[1] (Wildenstein & Co., New York); sold June 1949 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1952 to NGA.

[1] The sale catalogue in the Knoedler British Sales microfiche (copy in NGA curatorial files) is annotated with the buyer's name "Foster." Michèle Beaulieu, "Un Grand Sculpteur Méconnu, Robert Le Lorrain," Jardin des Arts 20 (June 1956): 490, identifies the buyer as Leonard Foster, esq.

[2] The Wildenstein invoice to the Kress Foundation for 16 items, including this sculpture, is dated 23 June 1949 (copy in NGA curatorial files). The sculpture is listed as "La Rosée" by Robert Le Lorrain, and the previous collections listed are "Marquis de Marigny, Chateau de la Muette and Collection Wernher."

Exhibition History

Bibliography

1909
Furcy-Raynaud, Marc. Inventaires des sculptures. Paris, 1909: 58, 72.
1951
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1945-1951. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 250, no. 112, repro., as The Dew by Robert Le Lorrain.
1956
Beaulieu, Michèle. "Un grand sculpteur méconnu, Robert Le Lorrain." Le Jardin des Arts (June 1956):487, repro, as by Le Lorrain.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 448, repro., as The Dew by Robert Le Lorrain.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 160, as The Dew by Robert Le Lorrain.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 141, repro., as The Dew by Robert Le Lorrain.
1976
Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 100.
1977
Souchal, François. French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: The Reign of Louis XIV, Illustrated Catalogue A-F. Oxford, 1977-1987: 1(1977):281, repro.
1978
Souchal, François. "Anselme Flamen, <>, sculpteur du Roi." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 91 (February 1978): repro. 52.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 147, repro.
2005
The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier. A Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. Exh. cat. Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, 2005: 79 (not in the exhibition).

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