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Odalisque, Enslaved Woman, and Eunuch
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres sold to Charles Marcotte d'Argenteuil 1840 by descent; to Louis-Marie-Joseph Marcotte his son offered for sale [through Ingres sale Hôtel Druot Paris April 27 1867 lot 17]; bought in by Marcotte sold; to Louis Aguillon the brother-in-law of Louis-Marie-Joseph Marcotte by descent; to Louis Marcotte de Quivières sold [through de Quivières sale Hôtel Drouot Paris 1875 lot 11]; to Guilhermony [1]. Gustave Pereire Paris 1911 by descent; to his wife Mme. Henriette Pereire. Carroll S. Tyson Philadelphia. [Wildenstein & Co. New York] sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop 1935 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943
Notes
[1] The spelling of Guilhermony varies; also found as Guilhermy
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
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