Philippe de Champaigne
Saint Arsenius Leaving the World

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Artist Philippe de Champaigne(French, 1602–1674)French, 1602–1674

CultureFrench

Titles

Saint Arsenius Leaving the World

Date1633

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsImage: 23 5/8 × 30 1/4 inches (60 × 76.8 cm)
Frame: 29 1/4 x 35 1/2 inches (74.3 x 90..2 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1990.4

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

217 Blaffer Galleries

Exposé

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceParis, end of 1813, if the catalogue of the Didot sale is accepted (Paris, March 28–30, 1814, lot 23, as "Arsène quittant la Cour," “pouvant faire pendant à "Arsène devenu Hermite," qui fut vendu, dit-on, il y a quelques mois, deux mille quatre cents francs”); [Christopher Janet Gallery, New York, 1990]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1990.

Exhibition History"Old Master paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation" at the Beeville Museum of Art from 9 November 2002 - 12 February 2003. (OL.82)

"Phillipe de Champaigne," Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, France, April 26–July 23, 2007; Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland, September 20, 2007–January 13, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated on the beam at lower right: P D.C /1633

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