Updated 17 April 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Acropolis
| Date | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 112.8 x 249 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower left: E. R. Ménard |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M739 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0140 |
Provenance
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris; purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. January 1919 (Fr. 12,000) [see letter from Léonce Bénédite to Suzuki & Co., dated 19 January 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
- 1914
- René Ménard, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 0 1914 - 0 1914, cat. pp. 18, 19
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-196.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 178, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1020.
- 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. 739, col. repr.