Small Vase in the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre - Image 1

Blaise Desgoffe

Small Vase in the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre

1849-1900

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Blaise Desgoffe

Small Vase in the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre

Blaise Desgoffe

Small Vase in the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre

1849-1900

Physical Qualities Oil on cardboard mounted on wood panel, 4-11/16 x 6-3/4 in. (11.9 x 24.1 cm.); Frame: 9-1/4 x 11-1/8 x 1-1/2 in. (23.5 x 28.3 x 3.8 cm.)

Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community

Object Number 1996.45.85

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911, cat. #137.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #86.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.

Inscribed: FACE: BR, (brown paint), 'Blaise Desgoffe'. VERSO, PAINTING: C, (ink, handwritten), 'Petit vase en enamel du Musée du Louvre/Galerie d'Apollon'; BL upside down, (black paint), '137-2'; UR, (in blue), 'V'; UL, (masking tape), '137'; LR, newspaper article, 'CELEBRATED PAINTER DIES/...(pencil)'Paris...Herald May(?) 4, 1901'. VERSO, FRAME: B, R of C, (masking tape), '137'; BL, BMA label nailed to Frame; LC, 'Succession G.A. Lucas...'; UL, (label), 'BMA cat./1965/#87'