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Pleasure, ca. 1754
Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779)
Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas; Oval, 24 3/8 x 19 1/4 in. (61.9 x 48.9 cm)
Victor Wilbour Memorial, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment, and Marquand Funds, 2005 (2005.231)
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Provenance/Ownership History
?Lepine or Pierre François Lejeune; Baron d'Holbach, Paris (by 1756–89; his sale, Le Brun, Paris, March 16, 1789, no. 2, as one of "Deux Pastels, l'un représente un jeune homme; l'autre une jeune fille avec les attributs de l'innocence . . . vus à mi corps," 23 pouces by 18 pouces 6 lignes, "forme ovale & sous glace"); private collection, Rome (in 1960/61); private collection, Italy (until 2004; sale, Il Ponte Casa d'Aste, Milan, March 25, 2004, no. 556, as "Flora," by Maestro francese del sec. XIX, to Coatalem); [Eric Coatalem, Paris, 2004–5; sold to MMA]
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