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An Accident

Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (French, 1852-1929) (Artist)
1879
oil on canvas
(18th and 19th Centuries )

After training with Alexandre Cabanel (1823-89) and Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), Dagnan-Bouveret turned from Classical themes to subjects drawn from everyday life. In this scene, a country doctor bandages a boy's injured hand, while his family looks on with varying expressions of concern. The artist witnessed an incident like this while traveling with a doctor friend in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France. When this painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1880, it established the artist's reputation as both a perceptive reporter of rural customs and a Realist who explored the psychological states of his subjects.

Inscription

[Signature] Lower right: P.A.J. DAGNANB; [Date] Lower right: 1879; [Inscription] Pasavant-sur-cones [Haute-Saone]; [Label] On frame: Médaille, l ére Classe; [Label] Of William Schaus, Tableaux Modernes, 749 Broadway

Provenance
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William H. Stewart, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William Schaus, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1999-2000 Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1880 Salon, Paris, 1880. Palais de l'Elysees, Paris.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
1/14/1975 Treatment cleaned; coated; loss compensation; other
2/1/1975 Treatment cleaned; loss compensation; coated
2/24/1977 Treatment repaired
2/9/1991 Loan Consideration examined for loan
2/19/1991 Loan Consideration examined for loan
1/14/1997 Treatment other
1/1/2010 Examination examined for loan
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Geographies

France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 35 11/16 x W: 51 1/2 in. (90.7 x 130.8 cm); Framed H: 52 1/2 x W: 67 x D: 6 1/2 in. (133.4 x 170.2 x 16.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1898

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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37.49

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