Belisarius Begging for Alms
Nicolas-René Jollain, French, 1732 - 1804
1767
Oil on canvas
Overall: 50 13/16 × 63 in. (129 × 160 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund and the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund
2008.34
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Nazi-Era Provenance Research
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right (on stone bench): NR Jollain
Course History
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Annabelle Cone, Winter 2013
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Yasser Elhariry, Winter 2013
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Annabelle Cone, Winter 2013
WRIT 8, Writing with Media, Karen Gocsik, Spring 2012
ENGL 7, Writing About Art, Brett Gamboa, Winter 2012
WRIT 5, Expository Writing, William Craig, Winter 2014
WRIT 5, The View from the Balcony: Learning How You Learn, Prudence Merton, Winter 2014
PHIL 23, Philosophy of Art, John Kulvicki, Winter 2014
WRIT 5, Reviewing Ourselves: Critical Writing and Personal Values, William Craig, Fall 2014
WRIT 5, Writing About Art, Brett Gamboa, Fall 2014
ARTH 48, Rococo to Neoclassicism, Kristin O'Rourke, Fall 2014
PHIL 23, Art and Aesthetics, John Kulvicki, Winter 2015
WRIT 5, Reviewing Ourselves: Critical Writing and Personal Values , William Craig, Winter 2015
WRIT 5, Reviewing Ourselves: Critical Writing and Personal Values, William Craig, Winter 2015
WRIT 5, On Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2015
WRIT 5, Reviewing Ourselves: Critical Writing and Personal Values, William Craig, Fall 2015
WRIT 5, Reviewing Ourselves: Critical Writing and Personal Values, William Craig, Fall 2015
ARTH 48, Art & Society in the Age of the Rococo, Kristin O'Rourke, Winter 2016
WRIT 5, Reviewing Ourselves: Critical Writing and Personal Values, William Craig, Winter 2016
WRIT 5, Expository Writing, William Craig, Winter 2019
HIST 47, The French Revolution, Darrin McMahon, Spring 2019
HUM 2, The Modern Labyrinth, Timothy Baker, Winter 2020
ENGL 2.01, Literary History II, Michael Chaney, Winter 2021
ITAL 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Giorgio Alberti, Fall 2022
ITAL 1.02, Introductory Italian I, Andrea Zoller, Fall 2022
ITAL 1.03, Introductory Italian I, Andrea Zoller, Fall 2022
Italian 1.02, Introductory Italian I, Andrea Zoller, Winter 2023
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Giorgio Alberti, Winter 2023
Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Giorgio Alberti, Winter 2023
Art History 7.05, Pompeii: Antique & Modern, Ada Cohen, Winter 2023
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Andrea Zoller, Winter 2023
Italian 2.02, Introductory Italian II, Matteo Gilebbi, Winter 2023
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian 1, Giorgio Alberti, Fall 2023
Italian 1.02, Introductory Italian 1, Marco D'Angelo, Fall 2023
Italian 1.03, Introductory Italian 1, Floriana Ciniglia, Fall 2023
Italian 1.04, Introductory Italian 1, Noemi Perego, Fall 2023
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Marco D'Angelo, Fall 2023
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian 1, Giorgio Alberti, Winter 2024
Italian 1.02, Introductory Italian 1, Floriana Ciniglia, Winter 2024
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Giorgio Alberti, Winter 2024
Italian 2.02, Introductory Italian II, Noemi Perego, Winter 2024
Studio Art 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka, Winter 2024
Studio Art 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka, Winter 2024
Geography 29.01, Global Cities, Erin Collins, Spring 2024
Geography 29.01, Global Cities, Erin Collins, Spring 2024
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Noemi Perego, Spring 2024
Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024
Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Tania Convertini, Spring 2024
Italian 3.02, Introductory Italian III, Giorgio Alberti, Spring 2024
Italian 1.02, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Fall 2024
Italian 1.03, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Fall 2024
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Fall 2024
Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Matteo Gilebbi, Fall 2024
Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Giorgio Alberti, Fall 2024
Italian 3.02, Introductory Italian III, Matteo Gilebbi, Fall 2024
Exhibition History
European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 30, 2008-March 8, 2009.
From Altarpiece to Portrait: Assembling a European Collection, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-September 6, 2020.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 20, 2009-present.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 19, 2013-present.
Publication History
Salon, Paris, 1767, no.153.
John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 101, ill. plate no. 32.
Provenance
Collection of Jean-Jacques Barthelemy (1716-1795), Paris; private collection, by descent, since the 19th century; Jack Kilgore & Co., Inc, New York, New York, date unknown; sold to present collection, 2008.
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