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L' orage lointain
Translated as: The distant storm
Painter: Jacque, Charles Émile
History note: Zygomales, sale, 8 June 1903, no. 17; Gabriel Cognacq-Jay, 1952; Art Market, Paris; with The Hazlitt Gallery, from which bought by John Tillotson, 1958
The John Tillotson Bequest, 1984, received 1985
Height: 52.3 cm
Width: 43 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Tillotson, John
Support composed of canvas
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: PD.142-1985
Primary reference Number: 2708
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "L' orage lointain" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2708 Accessed: 2022-12-02 16:40:59
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Accession Number: GL.C.27-1928
Accession Number: 4162-27
Accession Number: C.155 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.157-1928
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