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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=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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