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Saint Geneviève provisioning Paris under siege

Saint Geneviève provisioning Paris under siege
(Sainte Geneviève ravitaillant Paris assiégé)
(1897-1898)

Medium
distemper, pencil and chalk on canvas
Measurements
463.0 × 285.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Accession Number
1930-3
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
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Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
boats feeding monochrome Paris (inhabited place) patron saints providing sieges suffering
Provenance
Exhibited Societe Nationale des Beaux-arts Salon, Paris, 1898 (exhibited after the opening, and thus not included in the catalogue); deposited with Durand-Ruel (dealer), Paris, 24 February 1899 (deposit no. 9483) by the artist’s nephew and heir, Edouard Vincent de Vaugelas (1844–1920), from whom purchased by Durand-Ruel, 12 December 1905, nos 8047, 8045, 8046 (photo nos 7568, 7566, 7567); sold by the Paris branch of Durand-Ruel to the New York Branch, 27 March 1924; from where purchased, on the advice of Frank Rinder, for the Felton Bequest, 1924.