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Study for 'Minerva leading the Genius of the Arts into Immortality'
Painter: Prud'hon, Pierre Paul (After)
History note: Private collection, New York; with Wildenstein, London
From the Cunliffe Fund, with a contribution (50%) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Grant-in-Aid.
Height: 51 cm
Width: 32.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1982) by Wildenstein
Production date: circa AD 1813 : Probable dates
This was thought to be a preliminary study for a ceiling decoration commissioned from Prud'hon c. 1811- the project, never completed, was intended to decorate the ceiling above the Grand Staircase by Percier in the Muséum Central des Arts in the Louvre, 1819. It is probably a copy.
Support composed of canvas
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: PD.4-1982
Primary reference Number: 2893
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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