Eugène Deshayes
Village Gate with Villagers
1844-1854
Physical Qualities
Black fabricated chalk and black ink wash, with scraping, on paper, Sheet: 258 x 170 mm. (10 3/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
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
1996.48.18465
Village scene with half-timbered buildings and steep roofs; several figures gathered beneath the arch of a gatehouse.
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
Charles Cunningham, Susan Peters and Kathleen Zimmerer, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, and Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 'Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists: Painters of the Ecole Saint-Siméon', Oct. 15-Dec. 5, 1976 and Dec. 17-Feb. 13, 1977, p. 118, no. 77, ill. p. 118. [identified as Isabey]
Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, MA, "Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists," Oct. 14 - Dec. 5, 1976; circulated to Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, Dec. 17, 1976 - Feb. 13, 1977.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Watercolors and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection', July 24-Oct. 14, 1990.
Charles Cunningham, Susan Peters and Kathleen Zimmerer, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, and Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 'Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists: Painters of the Ecole Saint-Siméon', Oct. 15-Dec. 5, 1976 and Dec. 17-Feb. 13, 1977, p. 118, no. 77, ill. p. 118. [identified as Isabey]
Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, MA, "Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists," Oct. 14 - Dec. 5, 1976; circulated to Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, Dec. 17, 1976 - Feb. 13, 1977.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Watercolors and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection', July 24-Oct. 14, 1990.
Fisher, Jay McKean, et al. The Essence of Line: French drawings from Ingres to Degas. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, p. 208-209, ill.
Inscribed: RECTO: BRC, crayon, 'Eug Deshayes'; VERSO: BLC, graphite, 'artist unknown'; ULC, graphite, '2' in circle
