Portrait of the Artist
ca. 1848
18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. (46.4 x 37.8 cm)
Thomas Couture
France
(Senlis, 1815 - 1879, Villiers-le-Bel)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1947.17
Location: Not currently on view
Provenance
Erwin Davis; his sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, March 19-20, 1889, as lot 94; H. Leonard Simmons, New York; his sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, April 4-5, 1940, as lot 25; [purchased at that sale by M. A. Linah, agent;] private collection, New York; sold at Parke-Bernet, March 20, 1941, as lot 12; [purchased at that sale by M. A. Linah, agent;] Vose Galleries, Boston, MA; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1947
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Susan Dodge Peters, ed.
Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection.
New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
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Article Title: Pause for Reflection?.
Article Scope: Article.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 39,
Issue Number: 1.
Issue Date: September 1973.
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook.
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
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Article Scope: Entry and reproduction.
Denys Sutton.
Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977: Summary Catalogue.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1977.
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Apollo.
London, England: Apollo
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The New York Times.
New York, NY: H.J. Raymond & Co
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Enrollment of the Volunteers: Thomas Couture and the Painting of History.
Springfield, MA: Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, 1980.
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Memorial Art Gallery.
ARTiculate.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
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Article Scope: Entry and reproduction.
Maureen C. O'Brien.
In Support of Liberty: European Paintings at the 1883 Pedestal Fund Loan Exhibition.
Southampton, NY: Parrish Art Museum, 1986.
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Edward Strahan, ed.
The Art Treasures of America: being the choicest works of art in the public and private collections of North America.
Philadelphia, PA: G. Barrie, 1880.
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