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Self-portrait with a Harp
Rose Adélaïde Ducreux (French, 1761–1802)
Oil on canvas; 76 x 50 3/4 in. (193 x 128.9 cm)
Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966 (67.55.1)
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Provenance/Ownership History
marquis de S[affray], Paris (until d. 1897; sale, Marquis de S . . ., Féral and Breysse, Paris, May 10, 1898, no. 17, as "Une jeune musicienne. Debout, en pied, vêtue d'un élégant costume de soie du temps de Louis XVI. Les cheveux bouclés, poudrés et ornés d'un ruban bleu de ciel, elle est appuyée sur une harpe .... Attribué à Vestier. Toile. 1m 90 sur 1m 30," for Fr 25,500); [Gimpel & Wildenstein, Paris and New York, by 1902–05; sold to King]; David H. King Jr., New York (1905; sale, American Art Association, New York, March 31, 1905, no. 69, as "The Marquise de Saffray," by Vigée Le Brun, for $5,700 to an unnamed dealer); Susan Dwight Bliss, New York (by 1938–d. 1966)
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