The Hermit
- Date
- 1904
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 207
- Dimensions
- 46 1/4 × 42 1/2 in. (117.5 × 108 cm)
framed: 63 1/4 × 59 1/4 × 3 3/8 in. (160.7 × 150.5 × 8.6 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 309:1916
NOTES
A bearded Spanish man in rustic clothing stands with cross in hand alongside a stone ledge that forms a simple shrine. Ignacio Zuloaga represented this lonely figure with a meditative dignity, suggesting a comparison with the Christian hermit St. Paul of Thebes. Zuloaga was a prominent artist who enjoyed great success not only with views of his native Spain but also with society portraits of the wealthiest families in the United States.
Provenance
by 1913 - 1916
Kraushaar Galleries (Charles W. Kraushaar), New York, NY, USA [1]
1916 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Charles W. Kraushaar [2]
Notes:
[1] The painting was lent by the art dealer C. W. Kraushaar to a 1913-1914 traveling exhibition ["Exhibition of Paintings by Contemporary Spanish Artists." Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, May 15 - June 11, 1913, cat. 65; St. Louis: City Art Museum of St. Louis, November 23 - December, 1913, cat. 62; Detroit: Detroit Museum of Art, January 1- 30, 1914, cat. 62; Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, April 15 - May 15, 1914, cat. 33].
[2] Per invoice from C. W. Kraushaar dated April 12, 1916 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, April 7, 1916.
Kraushaar Galleries (Charles W. Kraushaar), New York, NY, USA [1]
1916 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Charles W. Kraushaar [2]
Notes:
[1] The painting was lent by the art dealer C. W. Kraushaar to a 1913-1914 traveling exhibition ["Exhibition of Paintings by Contemporary Spanish Artists." Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, May 15 - June 11, 1913, cat. 65; St. Louis: City Art Museum of St. Louis, November 23 - December, 1913, cat. 62; Detroit: Detroit Museum of Art, January 1- 30, 1914, cat. 62; Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, April 15 - May 15, 1914, cat. 33].
[2] Per invoice from C. W. Kraushaar dated April 12, 1916 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, April 7, 1916.
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