Portrait of Pope Pius VII

1805

Robert Jacques François Lefèvre French, 1755-1830

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About the Artwork

Title Portrait of Pope Pius VII

Artwork Date 1805

Artist Robert Jacques François Lefèvre

Life Dates 1755-1830

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 29 × 23 3/4 inches (73.7 × 60.3 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Hans Arnhold

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 45.1

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Signed Signed, lower left: Robert Lefevre | 1805

Provenance

March 3, 1922, auctioned by (Christie's, probably London, England), lot 48.
1944-1945, (Kurt M. Stern, New York, New York, USA);
1945-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) with funds from Hans Arnhold (New York, New York, USA)

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Published References

Explication des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture et Gravure, des Artistes Vivans exposés au Musée Royal des Art, le 1er Novembre. Paris, 1814, p. 83, cat. 800.

Bellier de la Chavignerie, E., & L. Auvray. Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française. Paris, 1882, vol. 1, p. 969.

Lavalley, G. Le Peintre Robert LeFèvre, sa vie, son oeuvre. Caen, 1902, p. 169.

Robinson, Francis W. "A Portrait of Pope Pius VII by Robert Lefevre," Bulletin of the DIA 24, no. 5 (1945): p. 70, (repr.).

Wildenstein, G. "Table alphabétique des portraits peints, sculptés, dessinés et gravés exposés à Paris au Salon entre 1800 et 1826," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, vol. 61 (January 1963): p. 52.

French Master Works. Exh. cat., Cobo Hall, Freedom Festival. Detroit, June 30-July 7, 1964.

The Taste of Napoleon. Exh. cat., Nelson-Atkins Museum. Kansas City, 1969, pp. 44, 49, cat. 33.

The Figure in 19th Century French Painting. Exh. cat., DIA Show-on-the-Road [Flint Institute of Arts; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Midland Center for the Arts, Hackley Art Museum]. Detroit, 1978/1979, pp. 18-19, cat. 2, (repr.).

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