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Study for 'Minerva leading the Genius of the Arts into Immortality': PD.4-1982

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Study for 'Minerva leading the Genius of the Arts into Immortality'

Maker(s)

Painter: Prud'hon, Pierre Paul (After)

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Notes

History note: Private collection, New York; with Wildenstein, London

Legal notes

From the Cunliffe Fund, with a contribution (50%) from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Grant-in-Aid.

Measurements and weight

Height: 51 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1982) by Wildenstein

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1813 : Probable dates

Note

This was thought to be a preliminary study for a ceiling decoration commissioned from Prud'hon c. 1811- the project, never completed, was intended to decorate the ceiling above the Grand Staircase by Percier in the Muséum Central des Arts in the Louvre, 1819. It is probably a copy.

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.4-1982
Primary reference Number: 2893
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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