Updated 09 January 2026
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Castello delle Quattro Torri, Siena
| Date | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on cardboard (with cradle) |
| Size（cm） | 43.4 x 35 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower left: MAV D. |
| Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M391 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1959-0075 |
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. December 1921 (Fr. 5,000) [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. 17.
- 1924
- Exposition Maurice Denis, 1888-1924, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 11 April 1924 - 11 May 1924, cat. no. 294.
- 1997
- Expressiveness of Materials, National Museum of Art, Osaka, 17 April 1997 - 22 June 1997, cat. no. 42
- 2012
- Modern European Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Ibara Municipal Denchu Art Museum, 5 October 2012 - 25 November 2012, Iwami Art Museum, 22 December 2012-18 February 2013, cat. no. 20
- 2015
- [Prints and Drawings Exhibition]Lithographs and Etchings from Fin-de-Siècle France, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 17 March 2015 - 31 May 2015, cat. no. 1
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-104.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 93, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 554.
- 2012
- Modern European Art from the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art (exh. cat.). Murakami, Hiroya, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 2012, pp. 36, 101, cat. no. 20, col. repr.
- 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. 391, col. repr.