The Condemnation of Rhea Silvia by Amulius

Artist: Guillaume Lethiere, French, 1760–1832
Date: c.1799
Material: Oil on canvas
made in: Paris, Île-de-France region, France, Europe
Classification: Paintings
Collection: European Art to 1800
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 9 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (24.1 × 32.4 cm)
framed: 12 1/8 × 15 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (30.8 × 39.4 × 6.4 cm)
Credit Line: Friends Endowment Fund; Bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink, Friends Endowment Fund, and Museum Purchase, by exchange
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 249:2022

by 1997
Geneviève Madec-Copy, and by descent in the family

by 2021
Jonathan Kagan, New York, NY

2021/04/23 - 2022
Christopher Bishop Fine Art, New York, NY, purchased at auction, Christie’s New York, 23 April 2021, lot 56

2022 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Christopher Bishop Fine Art [1]

Notes:
[1] Invoice dated December 7, 2022 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 28, 2022.

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