The Espousal (The Passage of the Rhine)
model 1890/1892, cast c. 1907
Artist, French, 1838 - 1902

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G8
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 26.5 x 11.5 x 12.5 cm (10 7/16 x 4 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)
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Accession
1990.68.2
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Inscriptions
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)
Markings
FM: CIRE / PERDUE / A A HÉBRARD
Wikidata ID
Q63860605