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The Arts Inviting Apelles to Retake His Brushes
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Possibly Marie-Gabrielle Capet Paris; Louis-Cantien Boivin Boutervilliers by descent; Henri Baderou Rouen (by 1969); Germain Seligman Paris and New York (his mark L.3863 mount verso lower right); Lucien Goldschmidt New York; Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum The Melvin R. Seiden Fund Louise Haskell Daly Fund and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund inv. no. 1985.50
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum The Melvin R. Seiden Fund Louise Haskell Daly Fund and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund
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