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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.111
People
Paul Troger, Austrian (1698 - 1762)
Title
The Agony in the Garden
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1735
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217316

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
33 x 23.5 cm (13 x 9 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: back of stretcher and frame, black crayon?, handwritten: [written three times:] X181
  • inscription: back of stretcher, black paint, stencilled: NP451
  • inscription: back of stretcher, white chalk, handwritten: 214 8/ JULY / 94
  • label: back of stretcher, paper, black ink, printed: [round label:] 8 x 5 / BLACK AND / WHITE
  • label: back of stretcher, paper, black ink, printed: 6 x 4 / TRANSPARENCY
  • label: back of stretcher, paper, black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] MARTINSPEED LIMITED / [address] / REF: [handwritten:] 4747 / X Christie's / VERMEER ASSOCIATES
  • inscription: back of stretcher, white chalk, handwritten: RG

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, London, lot 214, 1994] sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Ontario, Canada] gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Charles E. Pierce Jr.
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
2004.111
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Johann Kronbichler, Paul Troger 1698-1762, Deutscher Kunstverlag (Berlin and Munich, 2012), p. 303 as cat. no. G87

Verification Level

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