166–67, ill., call it an exact, but smaller replica of the original picture (Orsay) note that there are several smaller versions of the original, which was shown in the Salon of 1863 and the Exposition universelle of 1867 and was acquired by Napoleon III mention the Philadelphia replica (Dahesh Museum of Art) and a grisaille that was sold with the contents of Cabanel's studio in 1889, along with five preparatory drawings comment that this is 'an excellent example of the rediscovery of eighteenth-century art by the bourgeoisie of the Second Empire'. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Concise Catalogue of the European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. C11–4, remarks that the MMA picture is smaller than the original in the Luxembourg Gallery, Paris (now Musée d'Orsay, Paris) notes that ours was commissioned by Wolfe notes that a smaller replica is in the Gibson collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (Dahesh Museum of Art). 'The Art Treasures of America (Concluded.).' Living Age, 7th ser., 1 (December 3, 1898), p.

'My Note Book.' The Art Amateur 30 (May 1894), p. 'My Note Book.' Art Amateur 6 (April 1882), p. 'American Art Galleries: Collection of Mr. Gibson, Philadelphia (now in the Dahesh Museum of Art, New York). 64, 67, calls it a replica and places it in the Wolfe collection discusses another replica in the collection of Henry C. 'Art at the Seventh Regiment Fair.' Art Amateur (December 1, 1879), p. Jahrhunderts aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art,' June 1–October 7, 2007, unnumbered cat.Įdward Strahan. 'The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920,' February 4–May 6, 2007, no. 'Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: French Art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century,' March 25–June 4, 1989, no. 'Courbet und Deutschland,' January 17–March 18, 1979, no. Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie. 'Courbet und Deutschland,' October 19–December 17, 1978, no.

'The Impressionist Epoch,' December 12, 1974–February 10, 1975, not in catalogue.

'The Legacy of David and Ingres to Nineteenth Century Art,' October 12–November 13, 1966, no. 'Artists of the Paris Salon,' January 7–February 3, 1964, no. 'Muse or Ego: Salon and Independent Artists of the 1880's,' April 16–May 12, 1963, no. 'The Spirit of Modern France: An Essay on Painting in Society, 1745–1946,' January–February 1947, no. 'The Spirit of Modern France: An Essay on Painting in Society, 1745–1946,' November–December 1946, no. 'The Taste of the Seventies,' April 2–September 10, 1946, no. 98 (as 'Birth of Venus,' lent by John Wolfe). 'Seventh Regiment New Armory Fair,' November 1879, no.

Alexandre Cabanel by Jessica Findley