La Mort dans le poirier
Item Information
- Title:
- La Mort dans le poirier
- Title (alt.):
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La légende du Bonhomme Misère
- Description:
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Another episode in the legend of "Bonhomme Misère." Death, up in the pear tree, has just gathered the fruit that Bonhomme Misère pointed out to him. Wording of engraved title changed to: "La Légende du Bonhomme Misère."
- Artist:
- Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
- Name on Item:
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A. Legros
- Date:
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[ca. 1854–1911]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Allegorical prints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Death
Skeletons
Pear trees
Pears
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23 x 16 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900rr66p
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 140, VIII.
- Notes (acquisition):
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Frank E. Bliss Collection of the works of Alphonse Legros, Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1943
- Notes (date):
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Date from bulk dates of collection.
- Notes (citation):
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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):
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Eighth state of eight.
- Identifier:
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07_09_000339
- Barcode:
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36666003284912
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