NICOLAS BERTIN (PARIS 1668-1736)
Lot 348

NICOLAS BERTIN (PARIS 1668-1736)

Hercules and Dejaneira

Closed31 January 2023

Price Realised

USD 11,340

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NICOLAS BERTIN (PARIS 1668-1736)
Hercules and Dejaneira
oil on canvas
38 1/2 x 51 1/4 in. (97.8 x 130.1 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 February 1985, lot 88, as Circle of François Lemoyne.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 December 1985, lot 149, as Circle of François Lemoyne.
with Colnaghi, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 April 2006, lot 273, where acquired after the sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The attribution to Nicolas Bertin was confirmed by Pierre Rosenberg at the time of the 2006 sale. Bertin was among the most successful history painters in France in the early decades of the eighteenth century.