Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep

Artist Ubaldo Gandolfi (Italian, 1728–1781)

Datecirca 1770–1775

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions86 x 53 5/8 in. (218.4 x 136.2 cm)
Frame: 97 3/4 x 60 in. (248.3 x 152.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), in memory of Robert Lee Humber

Object number83.1

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ProvenanceCommissioned ca. 1770 by Count Vincenzo Antonio Maria Marescalchi (1701-91) for the Palazzo Marescalchi in Bologna; his son, Count Ferdinando Marescalchi (1753-1816), Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna; his son, Count Carlo Marescalchi, Bologna and Paris, after 1816; [sold by Marescalchi heirs before 1830?] French art market, 1958 [this Drouot?]; with Galleria Moratilla, Paris [date?]; [with Marcello and Carlo Sestieri, Rome??-related to Ettoro/e Sestieri-director of Barberini-Grassi/Morandotti/Hofer]; with P. D. Colnaghi and Co. before 1976; sold to NCMA, 1983.