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The Lavie Children
Johann Zoffanyc. 1770
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Lavie Children
- Creator: Johann Zoffany
- Date Created: c. 1770
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 102.5 x 127.6 cm (40 3/8 x 50 1/4 in.) framed: 125.7 x 151.1 x 7.6 cm (49 1/2 x 59 1/2 x 3 in.)
- Provenance: Painted for Germain Lavie [d. 1781], Putney, London; by inheritance to his daughter, Emilia Lavie Lechmere [Mrs. Luther Lechmere], one of the children in the picture; by inheritance to her son, John Lechmere; by inheritance to his widow, Sophie Lechmere; by inheritance to her nephew, Charles Luther Lechmere; by inheritance to his sister, Grace Lechmere Reynolds; by inheritance to her daughter, Grace Reynolds Lewis [Mrs. Philip H. Lewis], London;[1] (sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1960, no. 46); (Frost & Reed, London); (John Nicholson Gallery, New York); purchased October 1960 by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA. [1] The descent in the family was outlined by Grace Lewis in a letter of 18 August 1960 to John Nicholson Gallery, copy in NGA curatorial files.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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