Saint Cecilia Artist: Charles de La Fosse (French, 1636–1716)

ca. 1700

European Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on paper

Dimensions

12 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (31.1 × 23.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Friedman, B.A.1971, and Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Friedman, B.A.1973

Accession Number

2005.105.1

Culture

French

Period

17th–18th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
[perhaps the St. Cecilia by La Fosse mentioned in inventories of the Vaudreuil collection]; purchased by the donors from Neal Fiertag, Paris, ca. 1999.
Bibliography
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 231, 397, pl. 219
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

portraits

Subject

saint woman

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