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Source Description
A lawyer walks up a wind-blown street, presumably in the artist's native town of Senlis in north-central France. Although he specialized in allegorical paintings, such as "Daydreams," Couture urged his pupils to select subjects drawn from contemporary life. In this scene, the choice of subject and the spontaneity of treatment recall the works of Honoré Daumier (1809-79). The painting also demonstrates the artist's use of exposed areas of white, primed canvas to lend texture and immediacy to his technique.
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Document identity
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27675
label
Lawyer Going to Court
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
27675
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Lawyer Going to Court
description
A lawyer walks up a wind-blown street, presumably in the artist's native town of Senlis in north-central France. Although he specialized in allegorical paintings, such as "Daydreams," Couture urged his pupils to select subjects drawn from contemporary life. In this scene, the choice of subject and the spontaneity of treatment recall the works of Honoré Daumier (1809-79). The painting also demonstrates the artist's use of exposed areas of white, primed canvas to lend texture and immediacy to his technique.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown] [1]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] This picture was formerly erroneously listed as coming from the Barbedienne Collection sold in Paris, 1892. No record of the painting appears in the catalogues of William and Henry Walters published as late as 1909. Edward Strahan in ""Art Treasures of America"" (ca. 1880, vol. 2, p. 99) notes a painting by Couture in the collection of Robert Hoe Senior, the description of which matches the Walters painting.
date
ca. 1860
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
38
height
46.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 15/16 x W: 18 3/16 in. (38 x 46.2 cm); Framed H: 26 13/16 x W: 30 x D: 5 1/2 in. (68.1 x 76.2 x 13.97 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Left
below windowsill: T.C.
med
oil on canvas
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6295
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EAN
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442
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2531
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2906
2297
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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