1943.234: Peace Descending to Earth
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.234
- People
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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
- Permissions
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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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