The Espousal (The Passage of the Rhine), model 1890/1892, cast c. 1907

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G8

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 26.5 x 11.5 x 12.5 cm (10 7/16 x 4 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia Bauman and John L. Bryant, Jr. in Honor of Douglas Lewis and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.68.2

Artists / Makers

Aimé-Jules Dalou (artist) French, 1838 - 1902

Image Use

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Inscription

incised probably in a wax foundry model, on base at rear: DALOU; stamped probably in a wax foundry model, to right of signature on base at rear, a foundry cachet; incised probably in a wax foundry model, on base rim at rear, lower left: (B 8)

Marks and Labels

FM: CIRE / PERDUE / A A HÉBRARD

Provenance

(Paul Drey Gallery, New York), c. 1987;[1] purchased spring 1987 by Patricia Bauman, Washington;[2] gift 1990 to NGA.

[1] In NGA curatorial files.

[2] Verbal communication from Douglas Lewis and Donald Myers to Suzanne G. Lindsay.

Associated Names

Bauman and John L. Bryant, Jr., Patricia
Drey Gallery, Paul

Bibliography

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 49, repro.

2000: Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 111-116, color repro.

2009: Parshall, Peter, et al. The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900. Exh. cat., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. Washington, D.C., 2009: 144 fig. 9, 145-146.

2013: Galerie Malaquais. Galerie Malaquais, sculptures & dessins: 2013 Collection. Paris, 2013: 21.