The Friar

c. 1930

Georges Rouault

Artist, French, 1871 - 1958

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert and Mercedes Eichholz

  • Dimensions

    overall: 63.5 × 49.53 cm (25 × 19 1/2 in.)
    framed: 90.49 × 75.57 × 5.4 cm (35 5/8 × 29 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.17.23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris).[1] (Georges Seligmann, Inc., New York); purchased May 1955 by Robert B. Eichholz [1911-1983], Washington, D.C., and Santa Ynez; by inheritance to his wife, Mercedes H. Eichholz [1917-2013], Washington, D.C., Santa Ynez, and Santa Barbara; The Mercedes H. Eichholz Trust, Santa Barbara; bequest 2014 to NGA.
[1] According to the Seligmann bill of sale, which is dated 13 May 1955, the painting was with Vollard, "the dealer who had the contract with Rouault" (copy in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right: G Rouault

Wikidata ID

Q20192825

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