Jupiter and Mercury received by Philemon and Baucis, circa 1891
Oil on canvas
57 3/4 x 45 1/2 inches,
Framed: 62 x 49 3/4 inches
Framed: 62 x 49 3/4 inches
Signed: A.F. Gorguet lower left
artist
Gorguet was an Academic French artist who was trained by Boulanger, Gerome, Bonnat and Morot. His academic training was so strong that he was asked by the Opera House to illustrate many of their posters and he made his living illustrating many books of the time. In the market today this is most of what circulates and comes to light by the artist. He was ultimately made a professor of Drawings at L’Institut.
provenance
Private Collection, France
Millions Associes, France
exhibitions
Concourse du Prix de Rome of 1891