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Jason Poisoning the Dragon

Date
1615–1962
Material
Oil on oak panel
made in
Italy, Europe
Classification
Paintings
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
13 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (33.3 x 26 cm)
framed: 18 3/8 x 15 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. (46.7 x 39.7 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Funds given by the Estate of Martha Sproule Clark and Mrs. E. K. Love
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
344:1962
Antonio Morassi (1893-1976), Milan, Italy [1]

- 1962
Dr. Hanns S. (1886-1967) and Mrs. Kate Born Schaeffer (1898-2000), New York, NY, owners of the Schaeffer Galleries, acquired from Antoni Morassi [2]

1962 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Schaeffer Galleries [3]


Notes:
[1] According to a letter from Hanns Schaeffer dated January 15,1963, the painted was acquired in exchange from Professor Antonio Morassi in Milan, Italy. No date was given [SLAM document files].

[2] The painting was lent by Dr. and Mrs. Hanns S. Schaeffer to an exhibition at the Finch College Museum of Art from October 31 to December 8, 1962. Listed as catalog number 18, the painting is attributed to Salvator Rosa [“A loan exhibition of Neapolitan masters of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,” Finch College, New York, 1962, no. 18, p. ; copy, SLAM document files].

[3] Invoice from Schaeffer Galleries dated January 9, 1963 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control and the Advisory Committee of the City Art Museum, December 13, 1962.

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