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(18th and 19th Centuries )
Le Paon first exhibited at the Salon in 1779. He soon established himself as a painter of military scenes and became principal painter to the Prince of Conde, decorating the Bourbon Palace and the Ecole Militaire with battle scenes. This is a especially large watercolor, almost three feet wide.
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Provenance
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Possibly Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 17, 1921, lot 99; Jacques Seligmann, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, November 16, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 17 1/2 x W: 39 in. (44.45 x 99.06 cm); Framed, H: 33 7/8 × W: 54 15/16 × D: 2 3/16 in. (86 × 139.5 × 5.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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37.891