Sheet of Sketches for a Monument to Dante (recto); Cupid and Psyche (verso) by Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils
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Sheet of Sketches for a Monument to Dante (recto); Cupid and Psyche (verso)

Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils · c. 1808

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Sold by Knoedler and Company, New York, to the Art Institute, 1956.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York, Wildenstein and Company, "Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 74, as "Minerva, Poet Laureate and Other Studies." (recto)
  • Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso," October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p., cat. 28 (ill.) (verso).
  • Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, "Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago," February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 68-69, cat. 30 (ill.) (recto).

Literature

Published references

  • Vallery-Radot, French Drawings (New York, 1964), p. 105 (ill.) (recto).
  • “Recent Acquisitions,” The Art Quarterly 19 (1956), p. 422 (recto).
  • Lu Bro, Drawing: A Studio Guide (New York, 1978), p. 126 (ill.) (recto).
  • Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks from the Nineteenth Century in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1979), no. 2E1 and 2E2 (recto).
  • Sylvain Laveissiere, Prud’hon: La Justice et la Vengence Divine Pour Suivant le Crime (Paris, 1986) (recto).

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