Updated 27 June 2025
On Display Permanent collection
Art and Liberty
| Materials and Techniques | Oil on canvas |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 112.0 x 82.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right: Louis Gallait / 1865 |
| Credit Line | Ex-Matsukata Collection |
| Standard ref. | M483 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2017-0016 |
Provenance
W. Lawson Peacock & Co., London [gallery label on the reverse]; Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard, Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Jugo Bank, Tokyo, 1927; private collection, Tokyo; deposited in NMWA, 15 January 2016, ref. no. 202; purchased by NMWA, 2017.
Exhibition History
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey: Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11 June 2019 - 23 September 2019, cat. no. 21, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 693.
- 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. 483, col. repr.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of the Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2019, pp. 84, 88-89, 353cat. no. 21, col. repr.
- 2019
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 52 (Apr. 2017-Mar. 2018), 2019, List of New Acquisitions. p. 21.