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Two Standing Figures (Study for the Left Section of The Mission of the Apostles)

Two Standing Figures (Study for the Left Section of The Mission of the Apostles)

1860
(French, 1809–1864)
Sheet: 30.2 x 23.6 cm (11 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Location: not on view
  • Estate of the artist (Lugt 933, lower right, in black ink); [probably artist's studio sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (15-17 May 1865), part of no. 113 (this lot went to Haroa for 650 francs)]. [Shepherd Gallery, New York]; purchased in 1977.
    a. According to an inscription in an album of drawings by Michel-Martin Drolling, Haro was a "Restaurateur de tableaux, Neveu et Eléve de M. Rey" whose shop, "Au génie des arts," was at 30 rue du Colombier; see De Corot aux impressionnistes, donations Moreau-Nelaton, exh. cat., Grand Palais, Paris (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1991), no. 301.
  • Weisberg, Gabriel P. The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing, 1830-1900. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 54, p. 89
    Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 32, p. 74-75
  • French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).
    CMA, Nov. 1980-Jan. 1981: "The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing, 1830-1900" exh. cat. no. 54, p. 89, ill. (Other venues: The Brooklyn Museum, The St. Louis Art Museum and the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum)
  • {{cite web|title=Two Standing Figures (Study for the Left Section of The Mission of the Apostles)|url=false|author=Hippolyte Jean Flandrin|year=1860|access-date=10 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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