CultureFrench
Titles
- Saint Paul Writing His Epistles
Datec. 1618-20
PlaceRome, Italy
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 39 1/8 x 52 3/8 in. (99.4 x 133 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1991.4
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
215 Blaffer Galleries
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ProvenanceJ. Seymour-Maynard, 16 Prince Edward Mansions, Pembridge Square, London; [Christie’s, London, January 29, 1954, lot 54, as by Orazio Gentileschi, purchased by Schiff]; Richard C. Pritchard, Kingston Langley, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; by descent; [Christie’s, London, July 5, 1991, lot 68, as by Tournier]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1991.
Exhibition History“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.
"Nicolas Tournier (1590-1639)," Museé des Augustins, Toulouse, France, March 29–July 2, 2001.
"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 26–September 3, 2018.
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