Old Testament Figures in Paradise

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

1751–60

Attributed to Francisco Bayeu y Subías (Spanish, 1734–1795)
After Corrado Giaquinto (Italian, 1693/99–1765)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Don Francisco Bayeu y Subías
Title: Old Testament Figures in Paradise
Place: Spain (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1751–1760
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 41 × 100.3 cm (16 1/8 × 39 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Everett L. Millard and Mrs. John H. Harmon in memory of their mother, Mrs. Charles T. Boynton
Reference Number: 1941.830
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Burton B. Fredericksen and Frederico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972), 85 as by Corrado Giaquinto.

Decatur, IL, Art Center, Masterpieces of the Old and New World, 1948, cat. 9.
New Haven, CT, Yale University Art Gallery, A Taste for Angels: Neapolitan Painting in North America, 1650–1750, Sep. 9 - Nov. 22, 1987, cat. 45; Sarasota, FL, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Jan. 13, 1987 - Mar. 13, 1988; Kansas City, MO, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Apr. 30 - June 12, 1988.

Probably Charles Boynton (died 1923), Highland Park, IL; probably his widow Anna Bell Boynton (died 1938); Elizabeth Boynton Millard and her sister, Edith Boynton Harmon, by 1941; given to the Art Institute, 1941.

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