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The Misfortunes of Silenus
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Possibly commissioned from the artist to Guidantonio di Giovanni Vespucci Florence c. 1500 gift; to Giovanni di Guidantonio Vespucci and Namiciana di Benedetto Nerli on the occasion of their wedding Florence 1500 acquired; by Piero Salviati (1) Florence 1533 bequeathed; to his wife Ginevra Bartolini Salimbeni Florence 1564 bequeathed; to her daughter Maddalena Salviati by descent; to Giovanni de’ Bardi di Vernio and his wife Lucrezia Salviati (daughter of Piero Salviati) by descent; to Cosimo Ridolfi (son of Piero Ridolfi and Maddalena Salviati) sold; to the Baglioni family acquired; by [Monte Comune (public bank)] to Lodovico Incontri (1676). [Giovanni Freppa Florence by 1851]. Sir Thomas Sebright Beechwood England by 1857 by descent?; to Sir Giles Sebright Beechwood England until 1935 sold; to Mrs. (Jean) R. Langton Douglas London and Waycross Georgia and Vitale Bloch London each as 50% owners by 1937 sold; to Fogg Art Museum 1940. (2)
Notes:
(1) Vasari records seeing the painting along with its companion “The Discovery of Honey” in the Worcester Art Museum (1937.76) in the Palazzo Salviati c. 1550.
(2)The paintings in the Worcester and Harvard Art Museums shared a common provenance until the “Discovery of Honey” was sold in 1937 to the Worcester Art Museum and the “Misfortunes of Silenus” was sold in 1940 to the Fogg Art Museum. The Fogg Art Museum purchased the painting directly from Mrs. Douglas.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund and Friends of Art Archaeology and Music
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