Updated 17 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
View of Siena with Rose Walls
| Date | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on cardboard (with cradle) |
| Size（cm） | 51.5 x 34.7 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: MAV D |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M396 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0080 |
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Galerie E. Druet, Paris, on behalf of Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, and entered in the gallery, 9 July 1921, stock no. 9566 [see records in the Archives Catalogue raisonné Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye]; purchased from Galerie E. Druet by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. December 1921, as “San Domenico, Sienne” [see letters dated 10 and 13 December 1921 from Galerie E. Druet to Léonce Bénédite, in the Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copies in NMWA curatorial file)]; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.
Exhibition History
- 1921
- Exposition Maurice Denis, Galerie Druet, Paris, 21 November 1921 - 2 December 1921, cat. no. 12.
- 1924
- Exposition Maurice Denis, 1888-1924, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 11 April 1924 - 11 May 1924, cat. no. 293.
Bibliography
- 1961
- Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-109.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 98, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 559.
- 2018
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 1: Paintings, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 396, col. repr.