Christian Martyrs
1869/1871
Artist, French, 1832 - 1883
Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk and brown washes, heightened with white, on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 60.9 x 50.1 cm (24 x 19 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1991.150.19
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Durlacher Brothers, New York); William B. O'Neal [1907-1964], Charlottesville, VA, February 1966; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1971
Master Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond and tour, 1971-72.
1993
Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, 28.
1996
Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.
Bibliography
1971
"Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, October 15-November 21," Virginia Museum Bulletin, 32 (Oct 1971), 6.
Inscriptions
lower right in brown ink: Gdoré; lower left in brown ink: in cielo anima / in terra sanguis
Wikidata ID
Q64572796