The Legendary Saints of France
c. 1877-1878
Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)
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Details
- Artist Name: Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)
- Title: The Legendary Saints of France
- Date: c. 1877-1878
- Medium: Gouache on paper, mounted on canvas
- Dimensions: Center panel: 86 1/4 x 142 in. (219.1 x 360.7 cm)
- Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation
- Accession Number: F.1978.38.2.P
Object Information
[Alfredo Sidès, New York, by 13 November 1935, in partnership with];
[René Gimpel (1881-1944/45), New York].
Co-owned by Mr. Hirschl and Mr Adler, consigned 3 March 1960 to;
[Hirschl & Adler Gallery, New York, sent to temporary storage at LACMA for Mr. Simon to study ca. 1969, then by 1974 given as gift to];
Norton Simon, transferred 28 December 1978 to;
The Norton Simon Foundation.
[René Gimpel (1881-1944/45), New York].
Co-owned by Mr. Hirschl and Mr Adler, consigned 3 March 1960 to;
[Hirschl & Adler Gallery, New York, sent to temporary storage at LACMA for Mr. Simon to study ca. 1969, then by 1974 given as gift to];
Norton Simon, transferred 28 December 1978 to;
The Norton Simon Foundation.
- Puvis de Chavannes, p. 136
- Puvis de Chavannes and the Modern Tradition, 1975, p. 173
- Brettell, Richard R. and Stephen F. Eisenman, Nineteenth-Century Art in the Norton Simon Museum, volume 1, 2006,
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 707 p. 329
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