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Portrait of the Family of Lucien Bonaparte
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Commissioned by Mme Lucien Bonaparte*; stolen from her prior to 1841. Sold [through Paris auction December 18 1838 commissaire-priseur M. Bonnefons lot 38]; to Charles de Chatillon; returned by him to Mme Bonaparte September 10 1842 by descent; to her granddaughter and sole heir Countess Zeffirino Faina Perugia; acquired from her by Count Giuseppe Napoleone Primoli Rome and Paris 1903 sold; to [Galerie George Bernheim Paris by August 10 1918]. Herman Heilburth Copenhagen; Dansk Landmansbank Copenhagen. Gorm Rasmussen Sølyst sold; to [Jacques Seligmann and Co. New York March 11 1936 (Lugt 3863)] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop New York 1936 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943
*As this group portrait was commissioned by Mme Bonaparte in Rome while her husband was with his brother Napoleon during the Hundred Days that is between March 20 and June 28 1815 his name does not appear here as original owner as in earlier references.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
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