Allegory of the City of Bern ( The Temple of the LIberal Arts, with the city of Bern and the Goddess Minerva)

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Allegory of the City of Bern ( The Temple of the LIberal Arts, with the city of Bern and the Goddess Minerva)

Switzerland, 1779
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 13 1/4 × 21 in. (33.66 × 53.34 cm) Frame: 13 1/4 × 17 × 2 1/2 in. (33.66 × 43.18 × 6.35 cm)
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2000.179.28)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist, at least until 1781, Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924-2015), London, by 1970, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

Bibliography

  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Marandel, J. Patrice.  French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century.  Los Angeles:  The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.