About the Artwork
Four Continents
18th century
Gerard de Lairesse
1641-1711
Flemish
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 146 1/8 × 67 5/8 inches (3 m 71.2 cm × 171.8 cm)
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European Painting
Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and Hearst Foundation Inc.
58.280
Public Domain
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Provenance
William Randolph Hearst Foundation and Hearst Foundation Inc. (New York, New York, USA);1958-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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attributed to Gerard de Lairesse, Four Continents, 18th century, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and Hearst Foundation Inc., 58.280.
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