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Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In this scene, papal troops intercept brigands who are looting a coach and carrying off its passengers. During the 19th century, brigands, or "banditi," posed a real threat to travelers in rural areas of the Italian states, but they were also idealized as daring outlaws.
Horace Vernet, the director of the Académie de France in Rome (1828-34) and professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1835-63), was regarded as a leader of the "juste-milieu," or the middle course between the opposing Romantic and Neoclassical factions in French painting. He chose dramatic, often contemporary, subjects but rendered them with the smooth brushwork and attention to detail associated with the Academic tradition.
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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. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
John T. Johnston Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John T. Johnston Collection Sale, New York, December 20, 1876 [Robert Somerville as agent], no.146 [from Henry Walters handwritten notebook, 1887, no.101]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; 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. |
| 2003 | French Artists in Rome: Ingres to Degas, 1803-1873 (Maestà di Roma. D'Ingres à Degas). Académie de France à Rome, Roma; Dahesh Museum of Art, New York. |
| 1982 | All the Banners Wave: Art and War in the Romantic Era. Brown University, Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Providence. |
| 1977 | War à la Mode: Military Painting from the Forbes Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1952 | The Romantic Circle. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. |
| 1831 | Salon, Paris, 1831. Musée du Louvre, Paris. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/9/1938 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 2/11/1969 | Treatment | repaired; coated |
| 8/24/1981 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 11/17/1981 | Treatment | examined for loan |
| 5/23/1991 | Treatment | repaired |
| 3/19/1999 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 7/17/2003 | Examination | examined for loan |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 34 1/8 x W: 51 3/4 in. (86.7 x 131.5 cm); Framed H: 50 x W: 68 1/16 x D: 7 1/2 in. (127 x 172.88 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.54