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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.234
People
Pierre Andrieu, French (1821 - 1892)
After Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Previously Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Title
Peace Descending to Earth
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230402

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46.3 x 48 x 17.75 cm (18 1/4 x 18 7/8 x 7 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Eugene Delacroix (c. 1851-1864) sold; [his posthumous sale, Drouot, Paris, 17-19 Kune, 1864, no. 31?]. [George Petit, Paris, January 23, 1882, no. 18?]. [George Petit, Paris, February 3, 1883]. Mme Ernest Chausson, ( - 1936), sold; [her sale, Drouot, Paris, June 5, 1936, no. 28] sold; [via Martin Birnbaum];to renville L. WInthrop (1936-1943) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.234
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
  • Pierre Georgel, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Delacroix, Flammarion (Paris, France, 1975), p. 124, no. 601
  • 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)

Exhibition History

  • 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
  • Masterpieces of European Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/22/1985 - 09/15/1985

Verification Level

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