Jacques Henri Sablet
The Death of Pallas

CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Death of Pallas
  • La Mort de Pallas
Date1778
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 18 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (47 × 34 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1989.7
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceThe artist’s collection; private collection, Germany; Foster collection, London, c. 1922, as by David; H.P. Molineux; private collection, London; [Galerie Cailleux, Paris]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1989.
Exhibition History"Old Master paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Beeville Museum of Art, November 9, 2002–February 12, 2003.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

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