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European Art
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Artist: Abraham Janssens, Flemish, ca. 1575–1632
The Judgment of Midas
1601–2
Oil on oak panel
94 × 125 cm (37 × 49 3/16 in.)
Gift of Richard L. Feigen, B.A. 1952
2020.53.1
Status:
On view
Culture:
Flemish
Period:
16th–17th century
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Private collection, England; sale, Sotheby’s, Old Master Paintings, London, March 9, 1983, lot 61; sold to Richard L. Feigen, New York; [sale, Old Master and British Paintings, Sotheby’s, London, July 6, 2011, lot 12 (unsold)]; [sale, Old Master and British Paintings, Sotheby’s, London, December 6, 2012, lot 139 (unsold)]; on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2013–2020; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2020
This work appears on our "Artworks with Nazi-Era Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
