Prosper Georges Antoine MARILHAT (1811–1847) Figures in Renaissance Costumes in...
Prosper Georges Antoine MARILHAT (1811–1847)
Figures in Renaissance Costumes in Front of the Tivoli Waterfalls, circa 1835–1836
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right.
Label on the back: “Georges Viau Collection” and a partially illegible handwritten label: “… 1927 at the … of Victor Hugo …”.
64.5 x 83 cm
Provenance:
-Private collection
-Former Georges Viau Collection
Exhibition:
French Artists in Italy from Poussin to Renoir. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, May–July 1934.
This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Prosper Marilhat, currently in preparation.
We would like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Chauvin, author of the artist’s Catalogue Raisonné, who kindly authenticated this painting, as well as the G. Viau Archives for the information they have kindly provided.
Prosper Marilhat was one of the first French Orientalist painters to take part in a scientific expedition to the Middle East as early as 1831. He was celebrated as a great Orientalist painter around 1830, just as Eugène Delacroix would later be.
In 1835, he undertook the traditional tour of Italy, visiting in particular Tivoli, its temple, and its waterfalls—so famous among painters traveling in Italy. The year 1836 proved very successful for the painter, as one of his paintings was purchased by the Prince of Joinville. In addition, other paintings were sold to the French royal family of Orléans, who were then ruling the country.
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Prosper Georges Antoine MARILHAT (1811–1847)
Figures in Renaissance Costumes in Front of the Tivoli Waterfalls, circa 1835–1836
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right.
Label on the back: “Georges Viau Collection” and a partially illegible handwritten label: “… 1927 at the … of Victor Hugo …”.
64.5 x 83 cm
Provenance:
-Private collection
-Former Georges Viau Collection
Exhibition:
French Artists in Italy from Poussin to Renoir. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, May–July 1934.
This work will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Prosper Marilhat, currently in preparation.
We would like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Chauvin, author of the artist’s Catalogue Raisonné, who kindly authenticated this painting, as well as the G. Viau Archives for the information they have kindly provided.
Prosper Marilhat was one of the first French Orientalist painters to take part in a scientific expedition to the Middle East as early as 1831. He was celebrated as a great Orientalist painter around 1830, just as Eugène Delacroix would later be.
In 1835, he undertook the traditional tour of Italy, visiting in particular Tivoli, its temple, and its waterfalls—so famous among painters traveling in Italy. The year 1836 proved very successful for the painter, as one of his paintings was purchased by the Prince of Joinville. In addition, other paintings were sold to the French royal family of Orléans, who were then ruling the country.
Expert: Cabinet Chanoit Expertise
