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Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers

Édouard Manet · 1865

Provenance

Ownership history

Estate of the artist, Paris, 1883 [the inventory lists the painting as no. 17 as Le Christ insulté par les soldats]; by descent to Léon Leenhoff, Paris, 1883; sold to Boussod et Valadon, Paris, May 31, 1893, for 3,500 francs [this and the following per dealer’s stock book 13, no. 23074, as Les Christ insulté par les Soldats, published online at http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital_collections/goupil_cie/books.html]; sold to Jean-Baptiste Faure (d. 1914), Paris, April 14, 1894, for 8,000 francs; partially sold to Durand-Ruel, Paris, April 17, 1894 [per Durand-Ruel, Paris, stock book (no. 3006); copy of archival reference in curatorial object file]; partially transferred from Durand-Ruel, Paris, to Durand-Ruel, New York, October 23, 1911 [this and the following per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock books (no. 3461, as Ecce homo, le Christ insulté par les soldats, 1865); copy of archival reference in curatorial object file]; sold to James Deering (d. 1925), Chicago, October 23, 1911, for $44,000; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Paris, Salon, 1865, cat. 1427
Paris, Pavillon de l’Alma, Manet Exposition Particuliére, 1867, cat. 6.
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exposition of Paintings by Edouard Manet, March 1895, cat. 9.
New York, Albright Art Gallery, French Impressionists Exhibition, 1907.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, 1933, cat. 327, pl. 56.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, 1934, cat. 247.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Manet and Renoir, November 1933–January 1934.
Baltimore Museum of Art, A Survey of French Painting, November 23, 1934–January 1, 1935, cat. 23 (ill.).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Manet, November 3-December 11, 1966, cat. 71 (ill.), traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, January 13-Februry 19, 1967.
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Manet: 1832–1883, April 22–August 1, 1983, cat. 87 (ill.); traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 10–November 27, 1983.
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Edouard Manet, June 26-July 29, 1986, cat. 7 (ill.); traveled to Fukuoka Art Museum, August 2-31, 1986 and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, September 9-October 12, 1986.
Madrid, Museo National del Prado, Manet en el Prado, October 14, 2003-January 11, 2004, cat. 66 (ill.).

Literature

Emile Zola, Preface in Manet Exposition Particulière, exh. cat. (Paris, 1867), p. 34.
F. Jahyer, Salon de 1865 (Paris, 1865), p. 23.
G. Privat, Place aux Jeunes, causeries critiques sur le Salon de 1865 (Paris, 1865), p. 42.
Théophile Gautier, “Salon de 1865,” La Monde Illustré (May 6, 1865), p. 283.
L. Leroy, Le Charivari (May 11, 1865).
A. J. du Pays, “Salon de 1865,” L’Illustration (May 11, 1865), p. 298.
Junior, “Courrier de Paris,” Le Monde Illustré (May 13, 1865), p. 275.
E. Chesnau, “Le Salon de 1865m” Le Constitutionnel (May 16, 1865).
Charles Clément, “Exposition de 1865,” Le Journal des Débats (May 18, 1865).
Dubose de Pesquidoux, “Le Salon de 1865,” L’Union (May 24, 1865).
L. de Montifaut, “Salon de 1865,” L’Ariste (May 28, 1865), p. 24.
P. de Saint Victor, “le Salon de 1865,” La Presse (May 28, 1865).

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