The Health of the King
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Five gentlemen, grouped around a table, toast the King. One page is replenishing a wine glass while another stands in attendance. Set in a Renaissance chimney piece in the right background is a marble bust of Henri IV of France. The wall at the left is covered with crimson fabric decorated with fleurs-de-lys and emblazoned with the arms of France and Navarre. Discernible on the lace-covered table is a Chinese pheasant that is being served in its skin. A large copper wine cooler dominates the right foreground.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Duc de Morny Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Duc de Morny Sale, Paris, May 31, 1865, no. 35 (?); Goupil et Cie [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Knoedler and Co. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
1994 | Artful Dining: The Exhibition. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
1980 | Salute to Belgium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
1866 | Free Exhibition of New Pictures. Knoedler & Co., New York. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
4/21/1980 | Examination | examined for condition |
5/1/1980 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
Measurements
H: 12 1/2 x W: 16 1/8 in. (31.8 x 41 cm); Framed H: 19 7/16 × W: 22 5/8 × D: 3 1/16 in. (49.4 × 57.4 × 7.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. after 1865 or Henry Walters
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.
37.50