The Triumph of Galatea. Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
oil on canvas
44 by 38 5/8 in.; 111.8 by 98.1 cm.
Provenance
Welbore Ellis Agar (d. 1805), London:
By inheritance to his sons, Emmanuel Felix Agar and Welbore Felix Agar, London, 1805;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 2 May 1806, lot 53 (As Albano);
Where acquired prior to the sale by Robert Grosvenor, First Marquess of Westminster (1767-1845), Eaton Hall, Cheshire;
Thence by inheritance to Richard Grosvenor, Second Marquess of Westminster (1795-1869), Eaton Hall, Cheshire;
Thence by inheritance to Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, First Duke of Westminster (1825-1899), Eaton Hall, Cheshire;
Thence by inheritance to Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, Second Duke of Westminster (1879-1953);
By whom offered for sale, London, Christie's, 1 May 1925, lot 128 (as Francesco Albani);
Where unsold and returned to Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor;
By inheritance to William Grosvenor, Third Duke of Westminster (1894-1963);
By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 24 June 1959, lot 1 (as Francesco Albano);
Where acquired by J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), Malibu and Sutton Place;
Held in trust by the estate upon his death, and thence distributed to The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1978.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of the Works of Old Masters, 1871, no. 52 (as Francesco Albano, The Triumph of Venus);
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of the Works of Old Masters, 1871, no. 62 (as Francesco Albano, The Triumph of Venus).
Literature
C. Goede, England, Wales, Irland und Schottland: Erinnerungen an Natur und Kunst aus einer Reise in den Jahren 1802 und 1803, Dresden 1804/5) vol. IV, p. 90;
J. Young, A Catalogue of the Pictures at Grosvenor House, London 1820, p. 29, no. 81, reproduced (as Albano);
A. Jameson, Companion to the Most Celebrated Private Galleries of Art in London, London 1844, p. 242, no. 1 (as Albano);
J. Young, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Grosvenor House, London 1913, no. 77;
D. Jaffé, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1997, p. 122, reproduced (as Circle of Jacques Stella, possibly Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy).
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