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Document identity
localId
31747
label
Aged Man Receiving Communion
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
31747
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Aged Man Receiving Communion
provenance
Durand-Ruel, Paris, until 1834-35; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1865, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1831
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.4
height
21.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 3/8 x W: 8 9/16 in. (26.4 x 21.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
""Alfred Johannot 1831"" in lower right; La communion par Alfred Johannot/acheté en décembre 1834 ou février 1835 chez Durand-Ruël/r. n[e] des petits champs no. 103. [?] 400 ff en argent et un dessin/de Gudin évalué 200 ff. total 600 ff. Il est probable que le sujet est/pris de Walter Scott pour les romans du quel les deux frères Johannot/ont beaucoup travaillé. in brown ink
verso; 8 in graphite
verso
med
watercolor and graphite underdrawing with white heighteing and gum heightening on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper
creator_ids
1861
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
441
2069
432
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
b032b0128b688ead