Presumed Portrait of Pauline Bonaparte Borghese
Artist
Louis Benjamin Marie Devouge
(French, 1770 - 1842)
Date19th century
CultureFrench
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenanceJoseph Bonaparte [1768-1844]; Nicholas Longworth [1783-1863]; purchased for the St. Nicholas Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio, under the proprietorship of Balthasar Roth [1815-1888]; remained with the St. Nicholas Hotel in 1878, under the proprietorship of Edward N. Roth [1846-1910], when Balthasar Roth retired and transferred proprietorship of the hotel and its assets to Edward N. Roth; purchased by Margaret B. Roth [1856-1930], wife of Edward N. Roth, in June 1911 for $3,000 at an auction of the St. Nicholas Hotel assets; purchased by John Ringling [1866-1936] in 1917 from Margaret B. Roth for an unknown amount after he saw the painting hanging at the Sinton Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN426
On View
On viewLocation
- The Ringling, Ca' d'Zan, 2nd floor, John's Bedroom
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