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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.174
People
Unidentified Artist
After Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Previously attributed to imitator of Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Previously attributed to Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Title
Detail of the Massacre at Chios
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Scenes from the Chios Massacres
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226797

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
sight: 71.12 x 48.26 cm (28 x 19 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r.: Eug. Delacroix

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seth Morton Vose, Boston, Purchased in France for Vose. Purchased by Thomas Robinson; purchased by Vose as a Delacroix
Beriah Wall, Providence, Sold to C. S. Bradley, 1886. Wall sale run by American Art Association, March 30-April 1, 1886; held at Chickering Hall, New York.
Judge Charles S. Bradley, Providence, Purchased at Beriah Wall sale, 1886, to wife Mrs. Bradley. Wall sale run by American Art Association, March 30-April 1, 1886; held at Chickering Hall, New York.
Mrs. Charles Bradley, Providence, from husband, Purchased by R.C. Vose from Mrs. Bradley's estat, 1938.
Robert C. Vose, Boston, MA, Purchased from Mrs. Bradley's estate, 1938, Sold to Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY, 1941.
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, Purchased from Robert C. Vose, 1941, Sold back to Vose Galleries, 1974.
Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., Boston, MA, Purchased from Memorial Art Gallery, 1974, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc.
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.174
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 105

Exhibition History

  • In Aid of the First Light Infantry of Providence, [Unknown venue, Providence], Providence, 01/18/1886 - 01/28/1886

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