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The Departure of Elisabeth of France for Spain
(18th and 19th Centuries )
During his youth, this early Romantic artist joined Eugène Delacroix and Richard Parkes Bonington 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. It 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. Here Isabey paints in the style of the 17th century, specifically, he was inspired by twenty-four large allegorical canvases commissioned by the Queen of France, Marie de’ Medici, from the artist Peter Paul Rubens. Completed between 1622 and 1625 they glorified episodes in the Queen’s life.
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Provenance
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Mme la baronne de Gunzbourg [date and mode of acquisition unknown, possibly from Durand-Ruel, see stamp on verso of painting]; 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. |
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
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.90