Nicolas Lancret
The Captive Bird

CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Captive Bird
Datec. 1730
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 11 5/8 × 15 5/8 in. (29.5 × 39.7 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1992.2
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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ProvenanceMonsieur Collet, Chevalier de l’Ordre de Saint-Michel; [his sale, Salle Lebrun, Paris, May 14, 1787, lot 96]; Lucien Surmont, Paris; [his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 13, 1912, lot 39]; [Jacques Seligmann, Paris]; William Salomon, New York; [his sale, American Art Galleries, New York, April 5, 1923, lot 378]; Harry Sachs, New York; private collection, New York; [Didier Aaron, Inc., New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1992.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: “Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).

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