Théodore Chassériau

Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine



Théodore Chassériau - Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine



Théodore Chassériau
Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine
1851
56.8 x 47 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: Thre_Chassériau 1851
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1996


Literature

Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 61


Provenance

P. Christofle, Paris, by 1893–1931
Georges Lefébure, in 1931
Rex Ingram, Hollywood and Nice, in 1933
sale, Sotheby's, Los Angeles, 12 March 1979, nr. 57
Joseph Tanenbaum, Toronto, by 1982–90
lent to the Art Gallery of Ontario during the 1980s
sale, Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 1990, nr. 38, bought in, sold to Stair Sainty
with Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York, 1990–96, sold to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 1996.285

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Théodore Chassériau Jeune homme arabe debout
Jeune homme arabe debout

Theodore Chasseriau Combat of Arab horsemen
Combat of Arab horsemen
1856

Théodore Chassériau Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg
Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg
1841

Théodore Chassériau after Luis de Morales Christ Carrying the Cross
Christ Carrying the Cross
c. 1838

Théodore Chassériau Portrait of a Spanish Princess after El Greco
Portrait of a Spanish Princess after El Greco
c. 1838