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The Scythian Philosopher
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One of a series of drawings for illustrations to the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine bound in two albums sold by the artist to Louis-Regnard de Montenault Paris (c. 1751); Jean-Jacques and Marie-Jacques de Bure Paris (De Bure Frères Booksellers by 1828); Jean-Jacques de Bure Paris by descent (as of 1847); his sale Paris Potier 1-18 December 1853 lot 344; Comte Adolphe-Narcisse Thibaudeau Paris; Eugénie Doche Paris; Auguste Fontaine Bookseller Paris; Félix Solar Paris (1856); his sale Paris Pillet 19 November-8 December 1860 lot 627; Baron Isidore Taylor Paris; private sale to Damascène Morgand and Charles Fatout Booksellers Paris (c. 1876); private sale to Émile Pereire Paris; private sale to Louis Roederer Reims; his nephew Léon Olry-Roderer Reims and Paris by descent; Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd. London; Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach and the Rosenbach Company Philadelphia and New York (as of 1923); private sale to Raphael Esmerian New York (c. 1946); his sale Paris Palais Galliera (Ader Picard Tajan) 6 June 1973 part 3 lot 46; one album sold to the British Rail Pension Fund London (resold at Sotheby’s on 3 July 1996 in London which has remained intact) and the other album (the source of the present drawing) sold to Art Associates Partnership (Dr. Claus Virch) New York who sold the sheets individually; sale New York Sotheby’s 25 January 2002 lot 105 sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz Boston gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz 2006.331
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz