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Source Description
Point began his career as a realist, painting scenes set in North Africa. After a trip to Italy in 1893, he became enamored of the works of the Italian artists of the 14th and 15th centuries and adopted their styles as well as their medium of tempera painting.Point became associated with the symbolist movement in the 1890s and worked with Joséphin Péledan (1858-1918), the high priest of the Rosicrucian brotherhood. Members of this group sought to bring art closer to the ideals of Catholicism through the use of mysticism, legend, allegory, and dreams.
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Document identity
localId
79180
label
Bust of a Maiden in a Landscape
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79180
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Bust of a Maiden in a Landscape
description
Point began his career as a realist, painting scenes set in North Africa. After a trip to Italy in 1893, he became enamored of the works of the Italian artists of the 14th and 15th centuries and adopted their styles as well as their medium of tempera painting.Point became associated with the symbolist movement in the 1890s and worked with Joséphin Péledan (1858-1918), the high priest of the Rosicrucian brotherhood. Members of this group sought to bring art closer to the ideals of Catholicism through the use of mysticism, legend, allegory, and dreams.
provenance
Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008), New York, #AO825; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, New York, 2008, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
date
1910
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.8
height
13.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 3/8 x W: 5 5/16 in. (23.81 x 13.49 cm)
Source extras
med
graphite on paper
creator_ids
16442
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2828
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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b4d76410bb56b6c9