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Gaspard Marsy II and Anselme Flamen

Boreas and Orithyia (Allegory of Air), original marble 1677/1681 (Marsy) and 1684/1687 (Flamen); bronze c. 1693-1716

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G12

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 53.3 x 29 x 27 cm (21 x 11 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Asbjorn R. Lunde

Accession Number

1986.74.2

Artists / Makers

Gaspard Marsy II (sculptor) French, 1624 - 1681

Anselme Flamen (sculptor) French, 1647 - 1717

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Provenance

(Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 7-8 June 1973, 2nd, no. 228); purchased by Asbjorn R. Lunde [1927-2017], New York; gift 1986 to NGA.

Associated Names

Lunde, Asbjorn R.
Sotheby's

Bibliography

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 146, repro.

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