PIERRE NARCISSE GUERIN. 1774-1833

95 AENEAS AND DIDO

Oil on canvas. 31 X 40 cm. Inv. No 809 The subject is taken from Virgil's Aeneid (2—3). The picture is a sketch for Aeneas and Dido (1813) which was exhibited in the Salon of 1817 and now is in the possession of The Louvre (Inv. No 5184). Provenance: 1827—1924 The Yusupovs Collection, Ar-khangelskoye (near Moscow) and St Petersburg — Petrograd; since 1924 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1912 St Petersburg, Cat. 100; 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 26; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 15 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 22; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 37; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 52; Musee Yous-soupoff 1839, No 70; А. Прахов 1907, pp. 27, 28, ill. 15; С. Яремич, "Классики и романтики на выставке Сто лет французской живописи", Старые годы, 1912, February, p. 49; Кат. Юсуповской галереи 1920, No 124; Эрнст 1924, р. 234, ill.; Reau 1929, No 544

95 AENEAS AND DIDO

96 AURORA AND CEPHALUS. 1811

Oil on canvas. 251 X 178 cm. Inv. No 1008 Signed and dated lower right: P. Guerin 1811 The subject is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses (7: 702—707). The canvas is a replica of the picture exhibited in the Salon of 1810 and now in the possession of The Louvre (No RF 513). It is a companion piece to Morpheus and Iris (The Hermitage, Inv. No 5675).

Provenance: 1811—1924 The Yusupovs Collection, Ar-khangelskoye (near Moscow) and St Petersburg — Petrograd; 1924 The Hermitage, Petrograd; since 1925 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibition: 1814 Paris (Salon), Cat. 387 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 52; Musee Yous-soupoff 1839, No 79; E. Bellier de la Chavignerie, L. Auvray, Dictionnaire general des artistes de Vecole francaise depuis I'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'a nos jours, 2 vols., Paris, 1882—85; Reau 1929, No 543

96 AURORA AND CEPHALUS. 1811