In Church
1855/1857
Artist, French, 1808 - 1879
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 15.2 x 21.7 x 0.6 cm (6 x 8 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
framed: 30.8 x 37.8 x 5.1 cm (12 1/8 x 14 7/8 x 2 in.) -
Accession
1943.11.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Carabin, Paris, by 1901.[1] (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); sold 30 June 1930 to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, Pennsylvania;[2] gift 1943 to NGA.
[1] The painting was lent by Carabin to a Daumier exhibition in Paris in 1901. The Sessler bill of sale indicates the painting was "from collection of Carabin" (Gallery Archives, Rosenwald Collection papers, Box 1, file: Subject - Miscellaneous - Sessler Auction Records [1928-1930], copy in NGA curatorial files).
[2] The sale date is according to Sessler records in the Rosenwald Collection papers (Box 153); the bill of sale (see note 1) is dated 1 July 1930.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1901
Exposition Daumier, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1901, no. 28
1930
Corot-Daumier, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1930, no. 76
2013
Daumier ist ungeheuer!, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor der Landesbank Berlin Holding AG, Max Lieberman Haus, Berlin, 2013, no. 4.08, repro.
Bibliography
1923
Klossowski, Erich. Honoré Daumier. Munich, 1923: no. 335.
1930
Fuchs, Eduard. Der Maler Daumier. Munich, 1930: 4 (mentioned as missing).
1965
Rey, Robert. Honoré Daumier. New York, 1965: 34, fig. 43.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 37.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 30, repro.
Maison, K.E. Honoré Daumier, catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. New York, 1968: I:101, no. 93, repro.
1971
Mandel, Gabriele. L'opera pittorica completa di Daumier. Milan, 1971:96, no. 121, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 92, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 437, no. 627, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 113, repro.
2000
Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 171-173, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: h.D.
Wikidata ID
Q20188292