Quatres parties du monde, Fontaine de l'Observatoire (Study for the Four Parts of the World, Fountain of the Observatory, Paris)
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, French, 1827 - 1875
about 1867-1869
Oil on paperboard
Overall: 10 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (27 × 35 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alice and M. R. Schweitzer
P.968.12
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Nazi-Era Provenance Research
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on reverse: Carpeaux / Fontaine de l'Observatoire / Paris; Label on reverse: MINNEAPOLIS ART / INSTITUTE / No. L57.890 / Lent by Julius H. Weitzner; Label, on reverse: M. R. Schweitzer Gallery / #5220 / Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX / FONTAINE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE, PARIS / CARON 10 5/8" x 13 3/4"
Exhibition History
Exhibition, Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis, Minnestota, 1957.
Provenance
Acquired by Julius H. Weitzner (1896-1986), by 1957; to Dr. Albert K. Chapman (1890-1984), Rochester, New York, 1957; sold to [Marthe] Alice (1915-2004) and M. R. [Meyer (Mac) R.] Schweitzer (1911-2006), New York, 1967; given to present collection, 1968.
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