Etienne Aubry
French (1745-1781)
Les adieux à la nourrice (Farewell to the Nurse)
c. 1776-77
Oil on canvas
20 7/16 x 24 3/4 in. (51.9 x 62.8 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.636
Provenance
- Louis Gabriel, marquis de Véri (1777-1785; his sale, A. J. Paillet, Paris, December 12-14, 1785, no. 56; sold to Paillet);
- [A. J. Paillet, from 1785];
- Cochu, Paris (until 1798; his sale, Paris, March 6, 1798);
- Jacques Augustin de Silvestre (until 1811; his sale, F. L. Regnault-Delalande, Paris, February 28-March 25, 1811, no. ?);
- Dior, Paris (possibly in 1925);
- Charles d'Heucqueville (until 1936; his sale, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, March 24-25, 1936, no. 77; sold to Knoedler);
- [M. Knoedler, London; sold to Clark, April 1936];
- Robert Sterling Clark (1936-1955);
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
