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The Departure of Elisabeth of France for Spain

Eugène Isabey (French, 1803-1886) (Artist)
after 1858
oil on panel
(18th and 19th Centuries )

During his youth, this early Romantic artist joined Eugène Delacroix and Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-28) in painting marine scenes on both sides of the English Channel. Later, Isabey turned to historical genre subjects of the type depicted in this painting.

The picture shows a scene from the life of Elisabeth of Valois (1545-68), the daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. Elisabeth was briefly betrothed to Don Carlos, prince of Asturias, but for reasons of state was compelled to marry the prince's father, King Philip II of Spain. Isabey depicts the unhappy princess, dressed more like a widow than a bride, swooning as she is led to the carriage that will bear her away from France.

Inscription

[Inscription] Stencilied in the reverse of the panel: VENTE ET LOCATION / DURAND RUEL / Rue de la Paix / pres de la Place Vendome / A Paris / TABLEAUX ET DES...; [Translation] It has been establshed that Durand-Ruel was at this address from 1858 until 1870; [Label] Paper label of American Art Association

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Mme la baronne de Gunzbourg [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mme la baronne de Gunzbourg Sale, Paris, December 12, 1892, no. 16; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1892, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2010-2011 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin.
2002-2004 A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte.
1967 Eugène Isabey. Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
9/25/1942 Treatment coated; other
3/6/1979 Treatment other
1/11/1982 Examination examined for condition.
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Geographies

(Place of Origin) France (Place Depicted)

Measurements

H: 26 x W: 19 11/16 in. (66 x 50 cm); Framed H: 40 1/2 x W: 35 1/4 x D: 5 1/16 in. (102.87 x 89.54 x 12.86 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1892

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

37.90

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