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Palm Sunday
(18th and 19th Centuries )
An elegantly dressed young lady is placing a sprig of box behind the frame of her mother's portrait hanging on the bedroom wall. Another bough, lying on her cloak, is intended for the adjacent miniature, presumably a portrait of her father.
This picture is a variant of the more elaborate "Les amours éternelles," formerly in the collection of Robert Hoe, Sr., of New York. In the Hoe painting, a dark rather than fair-haired model, still wearing her cloak, throws a kiss in the direction of her mother's portrait while placing the greenery above it. The Hoe picture also differs in the addition of a Persian cat arching its back in the foreground.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1980 | Salute to Belgium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1980. |
| 1977-1978 | Alfred Stevens. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/1/1943 | Treatment | surface cleaned; coated |
| 5/14/1980 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
| 5/15/1980 | Treatment | coated; other |
Measurements
H: 13 7/16 x W: 10 1/4 in. (34.2 x 26 cm); Framed H: 22 3/4 × W: 19 1/2 × D: 3 in. (57.79 × 49.53 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878
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.
37.141