Gustave Doré
The House of Caiaphas

ArtistFrench, 1832–1883
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The House of Caiaphas
Date1875
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas or panel: 42 3/8 × 69 3/4 in. (107.6 × 177.2 cm)
Frame: 51 9/16 × 78 × 3 7/8 in. (131 × 198.1 × 9.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number71.22
Not on view

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ProvenanceCentral Picture Galleries, New York; museum purchase 1971
Exhibition HistorySalon, Paris, 1875.

Doré Gallery, London, 1876–1892.

"The Doré Collection," Carnegie Hall, New York, and Chicago, 1892–1893.

"19th Century French Salon Paintings from Southern Collections," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, January 21–March 3, 1983; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, April 4–May 15, 1983; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, June 25–August 21, 1983; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, September 15–October 23, 1983.

"Gustave Doré (1832-1883): Master of Imagination," Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 17–May 11, 2014; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, June 13–September 14, 2014.

"Enfin le cinéma ! Arts, images et spectacles en France 1833-1907," Musée d'Orsay, Paris, September 27, 2021–January 16, 2022.

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