Possibly Talbot Yelverton (1690-1731), 1st Earl of Sussex (estate sale, London, Gardnor [sic] & Fox, 11-23 Apr. 1734 [sold 17 Apr.], lot 28, as "The Story of Parnassus by Jordans [sic] of Antwerp," without further description).(1) Anonymous (sale, London, Christie's, 24 May 1949, lot 161, sold to); [Cevat, London]. Private collection, Switzerland, since 1950's sold to/through; [Galerie Eric Coatelem, Paris, 2003, sold]; LACMA.
Footnote
(1) The painting appeared on 17 April, the sixth day of the sale, among the objects sold from number XXXIII, "In the Furthermost Room one pair backwards." The painting was previously identified as that sold by Jean François Joseph de Vinck de Wesel (1747-1811), seigneur de Westwezel et de Westdoorne, Antwerp (sale, Antwerp, Wellens, 16 August 1814, lot 21, "Polymnie faisant boire à un Poëte l'eau de l'Hypocrène. Près d'eux et sur un plan inférieur, sont des enfans et d'autres personages accessories. Dans le plan le plus reculé, on apperçoit le cheval Pégase au sommet du Parnasse, sur toile, Hauteur 41 Pouces Largeur 30 [pouces d"Anvers], sold for 26 frs. to); [Henri Ruvet]. As D'Hulst 1974, vol. 2, p. 433, observed, the measurements and description of that painting, however, more closely agree with a painting now at the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Schloss Cappenberg, Dortmund.
