La discipline au couvent

La discipline au couvent

Item Information

Title:
La discipline au couvent
Description:
Group of seven monks, one of whom flogs the culprit with lashes; the latter with bare torso and left knee resting on a block.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Whipping
Monks
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 27 x 37 cm
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No known copyright restrictions.
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 53, I.
Notes (acquisition):
Frank E. Bliss Collection of the works of Alphonse Legros, Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1943
Notes (date):
Date from bulk dates of collection.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue raisonné cited in this record: Bliss, Frank E., "A catalogue of the etchings, drypoints and lithographs, by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) in the collection of Frank E. Bliss." (London: Printed for private circulation, 1923).
Catalogue raisonné numbers derived by Bliss from: Poulet-Malassis, Thibaudeau, "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de M. Alphonse Legros." (Paris: J. Bauer, 1877)
Notes (object):
First state. Very rare. Only 2 impressions known.
Identifier:
07_09_000138
Barcode:
36666003363989