Charles_Gleyre_-_Lost_Illusions_-_Walters_37184.jpg
Summary
Lost Illusions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q18508496
artist QS:P170,Q452119
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Title |
Lost Illusions
label QS:Lfr,"Les Illusions perdues"
label QS:Len,"Lost Illusions"
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
copy after Charles Gleyre, Illusions Perdues
English:
Gleyre claimed that "Lost Illusions" represented a vision that he had experienced on the evening of March 1, 1835, while sitting on the banks of the Nile River near Abydos, Egypt. An aging poet watches pensively as a mysterious boat carries away his youthful dreams and illusions, personified by music-making maidens and a cupid strewing flowers. Although the figures in the painting wear classical Greek dress, their vessel resembles a "dahabieh," an Egyptian river boat.
In 1843, Gleyre succeeded Paul Delaroche as the head of the major private studio in Paris. His pupils included such diverse figures as the Academic artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, the future Impressionists Alfred Sisley and Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), and the American James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1904). This painting, begun by Gleyre's pupil Léon Dussart and reworked by Gleyre himself, replicates Gleyre's masterpiece "Le Soir" (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris). William Walters commissioned this painting from the artist through the Parisian art dealers Goupil & Cie. in 1865. It took two years to complete. Conscious of the delay, the firm wrote to Walters: Mr. Gleyre has finally nearly finished his reproduction of his picture. . . We are happy to be able to tell you that this reproduction is beautifully done. It has taken a long time and has required more trouble from the painter than he thought. |
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Date |
between 1865 and 1867
date QS:P571,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1867-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 86.5 cm (34 in); width: 150.5 cm (59.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,86.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,150.5U174728
; Framed height: 132.7 cm (52.2 in); width: 196.9 cm (77.5 in); depth: 18.4 cm (7.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,132.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,196.9U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,18.4U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081
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Accession number |
37.184
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Place of creation | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998. Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 2000-2002. A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by William T. Walters, 1867 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Signature right:
C.Gleyre
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References | Walters Art Museum artwork ID : 2336 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission
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