Danae Sleeping
16th century
School of Fontainebleau (French, 16th century)
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Details

  • Artist Name: School of Fontainebleau (French, 16th century)
  • Title: Danae Sleeping
  • Date: 16th century
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 34-3/8 x 48-1/2 in. (87.3 x 123.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
  • Accession Number: M.1979.47.P
  • Copyright: ©Norton Simon Art Foundation

Object Information

(sale, Versailles, Palais de Congrès, 23 May 1976, lot 30, as Ecole de Fontainebleau, fin du XVI siècle-debut du XVII siècle, Le Sommeil de Danae, to);
[Sylvia Blatas, Paris, buying for];
Norton Simon, Los Angeles, N.76.27.1.P., gift 1979 to;
Norton Simon Art Foundation.

[on loan]

  • New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1976-08 to 1977-03
  • Béguin, Sylvie, La Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France, pp. 304-305
  • Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1362 p. 398

Additional Artwork by Artist

Poppaea Sabina School of Fontainebleau c.1550
The Birth of Adonis School of Fontainebleau mid-16th century

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