Woman and Little Girl of Constantine with a Gazelle

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Artist Théodore Chassériau (French, 1819–1856)French, 1819–1856

CultureFrench

Titles

Woman and Little Girl of Constantine with a Gazelle

Date1849

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on wood

DimensionsCanvas or panel: 11 9/16 × 14 5/8 in. (29.4 × 37.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment

Object number74.265

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

219 Blanton Gallery

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Sale Chassériau, 1857, no. 23]; Baron Arthur Nedjma Chassériau (1850-1934), Paris; Private Collection, Paris; [Wildenstein and Company, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1974.
Exhibition History"Salon of 1850-51," Paris.

"Chassériau," Musée de l'orangerie, Paris, 1933.

"Théodore Chassériau," Musées de Poitiers, France, 1969.

"Théodore Chassériau," Galerie Daber, Paris, 1976.

"Théodore Chassériau: Illustrations for Othello," Baltimore Museum of Art, October 30–December 23, 1979.

Dallas Museum of Art, 1985.

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13,1999–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11,1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17, 1999–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27,1999–October 3, 1999.

"Théodore Chassériau, 1819-1856," Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, February 26–May 27, 2002; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France, June 18–September 21, 2002; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 21–January 5, 2003.

"Théodore Chassériau: The Unknown Romanti," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 21, 2002–January 5, 2003.

"Eugène Delacroix and Modernity," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, October 18, 2015–January 10, 2016; National Gallery, London, February 10–May 15, 2016.

"Harem: Unveiling the Mystery of Orientalist Art," Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida, January 24–April 16, 2017.

Published References A Permanent Legacy: 150 Works from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, New York, 1989, pp. 166-167, (illus. p. 167) Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, published by the Museum of Art, Ehime; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum; Mie Prefectural Art Museum; Fukuoka Art Museum; and the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japan Association of Art Museums, 1999. (Exhibition catalogue in Japanese only.) p. 162, illus. p. 163, cat. no. 55. Bowron, Edgar Peters and Mary G. Morton, Masterworks of European Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2000, p. 131-132, illus. p. 133.

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