Peasants Decorating Wayside Shrine

Gustave Brion (French, 1824-1877)1864

Details

Title: Peasants Decorating Wayside Shrine
Creator: Gustave Brion (French, 1824-1877)
Date Created: 1864
Subject Keywords: peasant; prayer; devotion; genre; biblical/religious
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Roles: Artist: Gustave Brion (French, 1824-1877)
Provenance: Comissioned by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, October 5, 1864 (delivered on October 20, 1864) [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931. [1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 185.
Object Type: watercolors
Medium: watercolor with gum heightening over graphite underdrawing on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Inscriptions: "G. Brion 64" in dark brown ink, lower right, recto; "47" in graphite, upper right, verso; "43" in graphite, 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: 9 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (24 x 17.5 cm)
Credit Line: Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1864
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.14

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