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Source Description
Two Romans watch as a girl who has refused to sacrifice to pagan deities is martyred by drowning. This copy of Delaroche's "Christian Martyr Drowned in the Tiber during the Reign of Diocletian" (1853, now in the Louvre, Paris) was begun by Delaroche but completed by Jalabert, his most devoted pupil. Such collaboration of student with master was a common practice during the 19th century.This painting is listed in the Goupil stock book for 1868 (number 3271) for 3000 francs, and was sold to Knoedler, New York City, in June of that year. It is likely that William T. Walters aquired this from Knoedler in new York, but more research is needed.
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Document identity
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23814
label
The Christian Martyr
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obj
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drawing
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3
Source metadata
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23814
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Christian Martyr
description
Two Romans watch as a girl who has refused to sacrifice to pagan deities is martyred by drowning. This copy of Delaroche's "Christian Martyr Drowned in the Tiber during the Reign of Diocletian" (1853, now in the Louvre, Paris) was begun by Delaroche but completed by Jalabert, his most devoted pupil. Such collaboration of student with master was a common practice during the 19th century.This painting is listed in the Goupil stock book for 1868 (number 3271) for 3000 francs, and was sold to Knoedler, New York City, in June of that year. It is likely that William T. Walters aquired this from Knoedler in new York, but more research is needed.
provenance
Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1868; Knoedler, New York, 1868, by purchase. William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1884 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1868
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
56
height
47
dimensionsRaw
H: 22 1/16 x W: 18 1/2 in. (56 x 47 cm); Framed H: 34 3/4 × W: 31 1/4 × D: 5 in. (88.27 × 79.38 × 12.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In pencil at top left: Esquisse Delaroche; [Signature] In pencil at top right: finit par Jalabert; [Signature] In paint at bottom left: D'apres P. Delaroche Ch. Jalabert[Marks] Stretcher: cross bears stencil GOUPIL & cie / Rue CHAPTAL
Paris
and 3217 inscribed in ink
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oil on canvas
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2940
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