Details
| Artist | François Gérard, French, 1770-1837 |
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| Date | ca. 1824 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Unframed: 39 3/8 × 44 7/8 inches (100 × 114 cm) Framed: 48 × 54 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (121.9 × 138.4 × 7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund |
| Accession Number | 1986.40 |
| Department | European Painting |
| On View | Era of Revolution S331.2, Level 3 (see map) |
Provenance
the artist's nephew, Henri Gérard (France);
by descent to Comte Maximilien Sébastien Foy (Château d'Etrehamme, near Bayeux, France);
bequest to his wife, Comtesse Foy (Mme. Elvire Popesco) [1894-1993];
1986, (Andrée Stassart, Liège, Belgium);
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
by descent to Comte Maximilien Sébastien Foy (Château d'Etrehamme, near Bayeux, France);
bequest to his wife, Comtesse Foy (Mme. Elvire Popesco) [1894-1993];
1986, (Andrée Stassart, Liège, Belgium);
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Delécluze, Etienne-Jean. Journal de Delécluze, 1824-1828. Paris, 1948, p. 337. [cited in a document from April 10, 1826.]
Moulin, M. "Daphnis et Chloé dans l'oeuvre de François Gérard (1770-1837)." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 33 (1983): pp. 100-110, p. 110, note 21.
Masterpieces from The Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Bunkamura Museum of Art, et al. Tokyo, 1989, pp. 83, 217, cat. 51 (ill.).
Moulin, M. "Daphnis et Chloé dans l'oeuvre de François Gérard (1770-1837)." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 33 (1983): pp. 100-110, p. 110, note 21.
Masterpieces from The Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Bunkamura Museum of Art, et al. Tokyo, 1989, pp. 83, 217, cat. 51 (ill.).