Interior, Man Teaching Boy to Pray

Alexandre-Marie Guilleminca. 1840

Details

Title: Interior, Man Teaching Boy to Pray
Creator: Alexandre-Marie Guillemin (French, 1817-1880)
Date Created: ca. 1840
Subject Keywords: peasant; man; child; devotional image; prayer; devotion; house; genre; biblical/religious; interior
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Roles: Artist: Alexandre-Marie Guillemin (French, 1817-1880)
Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1863 (?), [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: charcoal with white chalk highlights on slightly textured, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Inscriptions: "A. Guillemin" in charcoal, lower right, recto; "53" in graphite, upper right, verso; "49" in graphite, center bottom edge, verso
Exhibitions: The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
Dimensions: H: 8 15/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (22.7 x 17.5 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1863 (?)
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1406

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