Saint Genevieve as a Child at Prayer

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824 - 1898), c. 1876

oil and pencil on paper on canvas, 136.5 cm x 76.2 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the Rembrandt Association, the Van Gogh Foundation and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Culture)

Object number
s0438M1993
Dimensions
136.5 cm x 76.2 cm, 155.0 cm x 95.4 cm
Provenance
Donated by the artist to Giuseppe Napoleone Primoli, 1886; Henry Bloome; private collection, Switzerland, 1946-1984; Robert Miller Gallery, New York, 1984; sold by Robert Miller Gallery to a private collector, United States, 1985; consigned by a private foundation to auction New York, Christie’s (19th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors), lot 12 (Sainte Genevieve enfant en priere), purchased by the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 18 February 1993, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the Rembrandt Association, the Van Gogh Foundation and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Culture)

Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Van Gogh and Gauguin. Reality and Imagination, 3 January-20 March 2017

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