Faithful Friends
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Inscription
Provenance
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Possibly Goupil et Cie., Paris, 1869-72; sold to benefit the victims of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Art Rooms, New York, May, 1872. Purchased by Robert L. Cutting, New York, by 1875 until 1892; purchased by Samuel Avery, New York, in the sale of March 22, 1892; purchased by Henry Walters, New York, by 1900, although possibly aquired from Avery after 1892; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
2017-2018 | Mariano Fortuny (1838 – 1874). Museo del Prado. |
1983 | A Connoisseur's Portfolio: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors in the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
1979 | A Supple Brush: The Flowering of Continental Watercolors. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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11/25/2015 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
2/3/2017 | Examination | examined for loan; examined for technical study |
8/27/2017 | Treatment | installed in climate package; re-framed; stabilized; surface cleaned; tears repaired |
Measurements
Primary support, H: 16 × W: 19 11/16 in. (40.6 × 50 cm); Secondary support, H: 16 × W: 19 13/16 in. (40.6 × 50.4 cm); Framed H: 29 1/2 × W: 33 × D: 3 1/4 in. (74.93 × 83.82 × 8.26 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.
37.970