Updated 20 February 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Self-Portrait (?)
Date | 1860 |
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Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
Size(cm) | 49 x 37.5 |
Inscriptions | Signed and dated with dedication center left: a son ami / S David / J Henner / Rome 1860 |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M562 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.1959-0112 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. December 1919, as “Portrait de S. David, compositeur de musique” (Fr. 4,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 19 December 1919, in the Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copy 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
- 1968
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Niigata Prefectural Museum, Niigata, 14 July 1968 - 4 August 1968, cat. no. 20
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-162.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 139, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 798.
- 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. 562, col. repr.