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Interior of St. Etienne du Mont
Émile-Antoine-François Herson (French, 1805-1873)1864
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Details
- Title: Interior of St. Etienne du Mont
- Creator: Émile-Antoine-François Herson (French, 1805-1873)
- Date Created: 1864
- Subject Keywords: tourism; ritual; prayer; devotion; architectural
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Émile-Antoine-François Herson (French, 1805-1873)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1864, by commission [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: watercolors
- Medium: watercolor and gum heightening with gouache highlights over graphite underdrawing on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
- Inscriptions: "Herson 1864" in brown ink, lower right, recto; "14" in graphite, center bottom edge, verso; "14" in graphite, upper right , 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: 7 1/8 x W: 10 1/16 in. (18.1 x 25.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1864
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1364
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