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Bust of a Maiden in a Landscape
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Point began his career as a realist, painting scenes set in North Africa. After a trip to Italy in 1893, he became enamored of the works of the Italian artists of the 14th and 15th centuries and adopted their styles as well as their medium of tempera painting.
Point became associated with the symbolist movement in the 1890s and worked with Joséphin Péledan (1858-1918), the high priest of the Rosicrucian brotherhood. Members of this group sought to bring art closer to the ideals of Catholicism through the use of mysticism, legend, allegory, and dreams.
Provenance
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Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008), New York, #AO825; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, New York, 2008, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2010 | Expanding Horizons: Recent Additions to the Drawings Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; re-housed |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 3/8 x W: 5 5/16 in. (23.81 x 13.49 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Joseph F. McCrindle Collection, 2009
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.
37.2801