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Source Description
This drawing is based on a mural Bourguereau designed to decorate the newly built church of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris. Built in the Gothic style, the church was consecrated in 1857. As the project to decorate the church was large, Bouguereau worked as part of a team of artists supervised by François Picot. Scenes from the life of Saint Louis decorated the lower two-thirds of the walls of the chapel they worked on, while allegorical figures stood above. This drawing represents Charity and appeared on the wall alongside Faith and Hope. The subject matter was highly appropriate when the drawing was sold at an auction in December 1864 to benefit the artist Pierre Faure, who had become paralysed. It is possible that Bourguereau created this drawing especially for the sale, which raised over 30,000 francs for Faure.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
24741
label
Charity
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
24741
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Charity
description
This drawing is based on a mural Bourguereau designed to decorate the newly built church of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris. Built in the Gothic style, the church was consecrated in 1857. As the project to decorate the church was large, Bouguereau worked as part of a team of artists supervised by François Picot. Scenes from the life of Saint Louis decorated the lower two-thirds of the walls of the chapel they worked on, while allegorical figures stood above. This drawing represents Charity and appeared on the wall alongside Faith and Hope. The subject matter was highly appropriate when the drawing was sold at an auction in December 1864 to benefit the artist Pierre Faure, who had become paralysed. It is possible that Bourguereau created this drawing especially for the sale, which raised over 30,000 francs for Faure.
provenance
George A. Lucas, Paris, 1864, by purchase [1]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1864, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] sold at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, 15 December, 1864, at an auction to benefit Pierre Faure, artist. Price listed in Lucas diary as 160 francs, price listed in the ""Moniteur des Arts,"" 130 francs. As this drawing appears in Walters' album of French drawings, we can assume he purchased it from Lucas shortly after the auction.
date
ca. 1860
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
42.4
height
20.3
dimensionsRaw
Sheet with signature: H: 16 11/16 x W: 8 in. (42.4 x 20.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In graphite
lower left: Wm. Bouguereau
med
graphite and white chalk on blue, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper (cartridge-type)
creator_ids
4773
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2027
611
2069
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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c7612251f7768892
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no
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no