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The Temptation of Eve
Details
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre (Paris 1713-1789)
The Temptation of Eve
oil on canvas
19¼ x 22¾ in. (48.8 x 57.8 cm.)
The Temptation of Eve
oil on canvas
19¼ x 22¾ in. (48.8 x 57.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Heim, London, 1977, as Charles Natoire.
Purchased by the museum in 1977 with funds provided by Charles H. Huber in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Huber.
Purchased by the museum in 1977 with funds provided by Charles H. Huber in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Huber.
Literature
D.H. Vasseur, 'The Temptation of Eve: A New Attribution to Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre', Dayton Art Bulletin, December 1984, XXXIX, pp. 1-5, fig. 1, as Pierre.
A. Wintermute, 'Inventory of Paintings by the Ten 'First Painters to the King' in Public Collections in the United States,' in C.B. Bailey, et. al., The First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, New York, 1985, p. 142, cat. no. 148, illustrated, as Pierre.
A. Wintermute, 'Inventory of Paintings by the Ten 'First Painters to the King' in Public Collections in the United States,' in C.B. Bailey, et. al., The First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, New York, 1985, p. 142, cat. no. 148, illustrated, as Pierre.
Exhibited
London, Heim Gallery, Aspects of French Academic Art, 1680-1780, 1977, no. 10, as Charles Natoire.
Rochester, University of Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, La Grande Manière: Historical and Religious Paintings of France 1700-1800,
2 May-26 July 1987, no. 44 (as Pierre; catalogue by D. Rosenthal).
Rochester, University of Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, La Grande Manière: Historical and Religious Paintings of France 1700-1800,
2 May-26 July 1987, no. 44 (as Pierre; catalogue by D. Rosenthal).
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