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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Alfred Serre, 'Minerva' plaque, 1881
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Alfred Serre, 'Minerva' plaque, 1881
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Alfred Serre

'Minerva' plaque, 1881
Enamel on copper
h. 14 3/4 in. (37,5 cm) – w. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Inscribed lower left 'A. SERRE. inv.' and dated '1881' and signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE' lower right

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Provenance

Commissioned for William Henry Vanderbilt, New York, 1881

Presumably by descent until ca. 1945

Untraced until 2010

American art market, ca. 2010

European private collection until 2026

Literature

'Interior of residence of William Henry Vanderbilt, New York City’, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

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