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Collections

Ubaldo Gandolfi
Selene and Endymioncirca 1770

Not on view
Vertical oil painting of a sleeping nude youth on a stone ledge below a reclining woman on clouds beside a crescent moon, with a small winged cherub between them
Artist or Maker
Ubaldo Gandolfi
Italy, Bologna, 1728-1781
Title
Selene and Endymion
Date Made
circa 1770
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 85 7/16 × 53 1/8 in. (217 × 135 cm) Frame: 96 1/2 × 60 × 3 in. (245.1 × 152.4 × 7.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2004.234
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Marescalchi collection, Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna, until 1835, to; Ferdinando Napoleone Marescalchi (1812–1865) and Marie-Mathilde Thomas de Pange (1815–1849), Paris, on the occasion of their wedding, by descent until 1958. [Possibly Galerie Moratilla, Paris]. Private collection, France. [Blondeau Bréton Pradère, Paris, sold 2004 to]; LACMA.

Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Haithman, Diane. "Ready to View at LACMA; a Lombardo Bust and a Gandolfi Painting Bought with Ahmanson Funds are Put on Display: [HOME EDITION]." Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2005.