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Source Description
Originally mounted as a screen to cover a fireplace during warm weather, in this exotic painting the artist has transformed the hearth into a miniature stage. Three fanciful Chinese characters hold aloft a circular screen on which is depicted the mythological story of Zeus showering Danaë with gold. A pair of figures, painted in grisaille on the side wall, incise their names on a tree trunk, a motif symbolizing eternal love. The fire screen is the earliest recorded work of Vigoureux Duplessis, an artist who was associated with decorative projects for the Paris Opera, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory.
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Document identity
localId
28230
label
Painted Fire Screen
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
28230
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Painted Fire Screen
description
Originally mounted as a screen to cover a fireplace during warm weather, in this exotic painting the artist has transformed the hearth into a miniature stage. Three fanciful Chinese characters hold aloft a circular screen on which is depicted the mythological story of Zeus showering Danaë with gold. A pair of figures, painted in grisaille on the side wall, incise their names on a tree trunk, a motif symbolizing eternal love. The fire screen is the earliest recorded work of Vigoureux Duplessis, an artist who was associated with decorative projects for the Paris Opera, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory.
provenance
Jules Strauss, Paris; Sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, May 27, 1949, no. 40; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 6, 1970; Galerie Pardo, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1972, by purchase.
date
1700
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
fire screen
painting
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
87
height
117
dimensionsRaw
34 1/4 x 46 1/16 in. (87 x 117 cm);framed: 44 x 55 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (111.8 x 141 x 8.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower center: Vigouroux Duplessis Invenit et pinxit; [Date] Lower center: 1700
med
oil on fabric
creator_ids
2428
collection_ids
EAN
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142
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2187
2869
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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