News from Afar

Description Stevens depicted domestic interiors, in which he meticulously recorded the latest fashions in dress and furnishings. Here, a young woman, who has apparently just received news from a loved one far away, clutches at her heart.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/16/1975	Treatment	coated; inpainted; varnish removed or reduced
2/18/1976	Treatment	re-housed
8/06/1976	Treatment	repaired
9/27/1984	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
10/16/1984	Treatment	other
4/21/2009	Loan Consideration	examined for condition
7/02/2009	Loan Consideration	examined for loan

Exhibitions

• Alfred Stevens. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal. 1977-1978.
• Salute to Belgium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1980.
• Sarah Bernhardt and Her Times. Wildenstein & Company, New York. 1984.
• Alfred Stevens 1823-1906. Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels; Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, AJ Amsterdam. 2009-2010.

Provenance William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Lower right: Alfred Stevens; [Initials] Painted on reverse of canvas in red letters: A.S

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878