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Jan 1, 2023
(French, 1690-1734)
Possibly an early copy by his grandson, Charles-Antoine Coypel (French, 1694-1752), oil on canvas, 40-1/2 x 32-1/2 in.; gilt wood and composition liner, 45-1/4 x 37-1/8 x 1-3/4 in.
Provenance: George Folsom, Charge d'Affairs under Zachary Taylor to the Netherlands from 1850-1853; married Margaret Winthrop in 1837, she the daughter of Benjamin Winthrop of Boston and Judith Stuyvesant. They did the grand tour through Europe from 1853-1857; To their son George Folsom who married Frances Fuller in 1867; To their daughter Helen Stuyvesant Folsom who married Churchill Satterlee, son of Henry Yates Satterlee, First Bishop and builder of Washington National Cathedral; To their daughter Etheldred Satterlee who married Norman L. Macy; By descent in family
Exhibited: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Statuary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May, 1875, and listed in the Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Statuary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 128 West 14th Street, May, 1875, No. 91, as Antoine Coypel (1661-1722), See: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/1236
Note: It is possible this painting was acquired by George Folsom, Charge d'Affaires under Zachary Taylor to the Netherlands from 1850-1853 and his wife Margaret as they traveled throughout Europe on a grand tour from 1853 to 1857.
George Folsom, Charge d'Affairs under Zachary Taylor to the Netherlands from 1850-1853; married Margaret Winthrop in 1837, she the daughter of Benjamin Winthrop of Boston and Judith Stuyvesant. They did the grand tour through Europe from 1853-1857; To their son George Folsom who married Frances Fuller in 1867; To their daughter Helen Stuyvesant Folsom who married Churchill Satterlee, son of Henry Yates Satterlee, First Bishop and builder of Washington National Cathedral; To their daughter Etheldred Satterlee who married Norman L. Macy; By descent in family
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