The Birth of Adonis
mid-16th century
School of Fontainebleau (French, 16th century)
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Details

  • Artist Name: School of Fontainebleau (French, 16th century)
  • Title: The Birth of Adonis
  • Date: mid-16th century
  • Medium: Oil on panel
  • Dimensions: 38 x 30-3/8 in. (96.5 x 77.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation
  • Accession Number: F.1965.1.026.P
  • Copyright: © The Norton Simon Foundation

Object Information

[Duveen Bros., New York, Paris, London, listed in stock books as no. 30143, 1935-1937, consigned by or sold to];
[Allen Loebl, Paris, sold 2 May 1951 to];
[Duveen Bros., New York, stock no. 30143, as Primaticcio, sold 1965 to];
The Norton Simon Foundation.

French Art of the Sixteenth Century, Commemorating the Fort Caroline Quadricentennial

  • Jacksonville, Cummer Gallery of Art, 1964-06-27 to 1964-09-30

The School of Fontainebleau: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, Etchings and Sculpture 1530-1619

  • Fort Worth Art Museum, 1965-09-15 to 1965-10-24
  • University of Texas, Art Museum, 1965-11-01 to 1965-12-05

French Art in Painting and Sculpture of the Eighteenth Century

  • New York, Duveen Brothers, 1952-10-23 to 1952-11-22

The Expressive Body: Memory, Devotion, Desire (1400-1750)

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2021-10-15 to 2022-03-07

Lock, Stock and Barrel: Norton Simon's Purchase of Duveen Brothers Gallery

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2014-10-24 to 2015-02-16
  • The Burlington Magazine, Pl. II p. 397
  • Art News, pl.II p. 397
  • Fitzsimmons, James, Art Digest, 1952, pp. 15-16
  • Béguin, Sylvie, et al., L'École de Fontainebleau, 1972, p. 73, under no. 70
  • Ross, Barbara T., Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 1983, p. 41
  • Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. D15 p. 442

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