About the Artwork
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
1879
Hugues Merle
1823-1881
French
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 22 × 18 1/4 inches (55.9 × 46.4 cm) Framed: 36 3/8 × 33 1/8 × 4 3/4 inches (92.4 × 84.1 × 12.1 cm)
Paintings
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Mrs. William E. Scripps
56.284
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Markings
Signed, left center: Huges Merle | 1879
Inscribed, right side: [translated: hungar] Inscribed, left side: [translated: St Elisabeth]
Provenance
March 3-5, 1885, auction of Mary Morgan at (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA)
collection of James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
by descent to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William E. Scripps (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)
1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hugues Merle, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, 1879, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. William E. Scripps, 56.284.
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