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Currently not on display

Alexandre Gabriel Decamps

1803 - 1860

Christ among the Scribes

Date ca. 1833
Materials and Techniques watercolour and gouache on paper
Size(cm) 38.0 x 48.3
Inscriptions Signed lower center: DECAMPS
Standard ref. Dewey 131B
Category Drawings
Collection Number D.2005-0001

Provenance

Paul Perier (Sale: Paris, December 19, 1846); Lord Seymour (Sale: February 14, 1860); Arozarena Collection; John Wilson, 1881; Secretan (Sale: Paris, 1889, no. 84); Durand Ruel, New York, 1889; Mrs. H. Havemeyer, New York (Sale: American Art Association / Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, October 8, W. Parson ZTodd, New York)

Bibliography

1977
Mosby, Dewey F.. Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860. New York/London, Garland, 1977, vol. 1, p.108; vol. 2, Plate 131B.
2007
Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 40 (Apr. 2005-Mar. 2006), 2007, List of New Acquisitions. p. 63.

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