A Volunteer of 1792

Thomas Couture1848

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Title: A Volunteer of 1792
Creator: Thomas Couture (French, 1815-1879)
Date Created: 1848
Physical Dimensions: Unframed: 50.8 x 40.5 cm (20 x 15 15/16 in.)
Provenance: Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris. His sale, Paris, Durand-Ruel, 2-3 June 1892 (lot 25), Tête de volontaire, 1793 [sic]. Bought by Daniel Cottier, Paris. His sale, 1892, Tête de soldat, ff 550 (according to Hippolyte Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes d'art faites en France . . . [Paris, 1911-12]) (bought in?), with Cottier in 1904. Bought from P. A. B. Widener in May 1908 by Knoedler & Co, New York. Sold on 30 November 1908 to M. de Lagotellerie, 20 Rue de l'Université, Paris (according to Knoedler stock book no. 5: 11591). James S. Inglis, New York. His collection sale, American Art Association, New York, 11-12 March 1909 (lot 91), A member of the guard. Fischer Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1910), sold to James Parmelee, Washington, D.C. Given to the CMA in 1940.
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.542
Medium: oil on fabric
Inscriptions: Signed in black paint lower left: t.c.
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Bequest of James Parmelee
Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
Accession Number: 1940.542

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