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A scene with figures in ancient Greek dress

In profile facing left, a robed man with a dark beard and curly hair, sits in a chair on a dais, head bowed and staring straight ahead. A crested helmet, sword and shield lie next to him. His arm is around a dark haired woman with pale skin, seated next to him. She wears a white robe, clutches a sword in one hand, and sits turned toward us, a distraught expression on her face, as a woman leans in from behind her. At left, turning toward us, a fair skinned man looks downward, holding a bow, a pair of dogs at his feet, and animal skin over his shoulder. He extends one arm, hand up, toward the seated man.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.191
People
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, French (Paris 1774 - 1833 Rome)
Title
Phaedra and Hippolytus
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1802
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221573

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
sight: 39.4 x 52.1 cm (15 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)
framed: 54.6 x 67 x 5.7 cm (21 1/2 x 26 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collector, Mexico City [1] sold; to [Julius H. Weitzner, New York], sold?; to [Martin Birnbaum], sold?[2]; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1941, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942

Notes
[1] Per Weitzner invoice
[2] It is unclear if Birnbaum purchased the work himself or purchased it on behalf of Winthrop

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.191
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, Jades, Paintings and Drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art; selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1943), p. 10
  • John White, Rejection, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc. (Reading, MA, 1982), p. 72, repr. in b/w
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 111; repr. as no. 259
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr., "Theatricality and Enigma: A New Drawing by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin at the Fogg", Dear Print Fan: A Festschrift for Marjorie B. Cohn, ed. Craigen Bowen, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), pp. 69-75, fig. 3, p. 69

Exhibition History

  • A Selection of French Paintings and Drawings of the 19th century given by Grenville L. Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/01/1942 - 06/30/1942
  • Chinese sculpture, bronzes, jades, paintings and drawings, Egyptian and Persian sculpture, Pre-Columbian art : selected from the collection of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/01/1943 - 02/28/1944
  • Master Paintings from the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/13/1977 - 08/31/1977
  • For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/16/2004
  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 02/17/2017

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