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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.333
People
Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, French (1803 - 1860)
Title
Rocky Bay South of Salerno with View of Capri
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1847
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165005

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
sight: 44.6 x 73 cm (17 9/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
frame: 58.7 x 86.6 cm (23 1/8 x 34 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Fau, sold [ through his sale, Hôtel des Ventes Mobilières, Paris, commissaire-priseur Ridel, January 7-8, 1850, lot 13, as "Vue des Bords de l'Adriatique"]. Robert Knowles, gift; to Andrew Knowles, his son, 1918, [1] by descent?; to Evelyne Knowles Burley Ringwood, sold [through Sotheby's, April 27, 1966, lot 142]; to [Julius Weitzner, New York], sold; to David E. Rust, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001

Notes
[1] as per inscription transcribed by Mosby

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David E. Rust
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.333
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue d'une très importante collection de tableaux modernes, par les principaux artistes français..., auct. cat., Hôtel des Ventes Mobilières (Paris, January 7-8, 1850), lot 13
  • Dewey F. Mosby, "Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps 1803-1860" (Thesis, Harvard University, 1977), Garland Publishing, Inc., Vol. 1, p. 221; Vol. 2, p. 616, cat. 466; vol 2, pl. 87B
  • David B. Cass and Michael M. Floss, Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1984), cat. no. 12, pp. 40, 43; repr. p. 26

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