
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Venus Healing Aeneas
Merry Joseph Blondel · c. 1820
Provenance
Ownership history
- Hippolyte Lebas (died 1867), Paris, by 1867; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 2–4, 1867, lot 93, as Sujet mythologique, to private collection, France. Sold, small regional auction, France, artist listed as anonymous, to private collection, by 2010; sold, Artcurial auction at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 19, 2010, lot 199, as Venus protégeant le corps d’Hector de la corruption, to Caylus Anticuaios, Madrid; sold to Art Institute of Chicago, 2015.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Catalogue des Oeuvres de Feu Hippolyte Le Bas et Des Tableaux & Dessins Anciens & Modernes Gravures, Lithographies, Bronzes, Platres, etc., sales cat. (Hôtel Drouot, December 2–4, 1867), n.pag., lot 92.
- Artcurial Auction at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Tableaux et Dessins Anciens et du XIXe Siècle, sales cat. (Hôtel Drouot, February 19, 2010), p. 50, lot 199.
Comparables
Related holdings by the same hand

The Assumption of the Virgin
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Punishment of Niobe
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Vase in a Suite of Vase Designs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a Vase (recto); Sketch of Small Vase (verso)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for Vase
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for Vase
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Jabach Family
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum holdings, not sale records. Auction results are only shown when a licensed price source is connected.
Research assistant