Siege of Paris
- Date
- 1872
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- made in
- Paris, Île-de-France region, France, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 205
- Dimensions
- 52 × 78 in. (132.1 × 198.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Angela Miller in honor of her father Dr. Dwight C. Miller
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 236:2023
Provenance
1874
In exhibition, Paris Salon, Paris, France [1]
Thomas Welton Stanford (1832–1918), possibly acquired from 1874 Paris Salon [2]
- by 1974
Cantor Arts Center (formerly Leland Stanford Junior Museum), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, acquired from Thomas Welton Stanford [3]
1974
Unidentified dealer, Palo Alto, CA, USA, by deaccession from Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA, USA
ca. 1974 - 2019
Dwight Miller (d. 2019), Corrales, NM, USA, purchased from unidentified dealer in Palo Alto, CA, USA [4]
2019 - 2023
Angela Miller, St. Louis, MO, USA, by inheritance from Dwight Miller (d.2019) [5]
2023 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Angela Miller [6]
Notes:
[1] Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure des artistes vivans…, 1874, Gallica” [SLAM document files]
[2-3] Permanent record card of the Leland Stanford Junior Museum (now Cantor Arts Center), Stanford University, Stanford, CA [SLAM document files].
[4-5] According to an email from the donor to curator Simon Kelly dated March 11, 2023.
[6] Deed of Gift signed November 19, 2023 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 4, 2023.
In exhibition, Paris Salon, Paris, France [1]
Thomas Welton Stanford (1832–1918), possibly acquired from 1874 Paris Salon [2]
- by 1974
Cantor Arts Center (formerly Leland Stanford Junior Museum), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, acquired from Thomas Welton Stanford [3]
1974
Unidentified dealer, Palo Alto, CA, USA, by deaccession from Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA, USA
ca. 1974 - 2019
Dwight Miller (d. 2019), Corrales, NM, USA, purchased from unidentified dealer in Palo Alto, CA, USA [4]
2019 - 2023
Angela Miller, St. Louis, MO, USA, by inheritance from Dwight Miller (d.2019) [5]
2023 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Angela Miller [6]
Notes:
[1] Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure des artistes vivans…, 1874, Gallica” [SLAM document files]
[2-3] Permanent record card of the Leland Stanford Junior Museum (now Cantor Arts Center), Stanford University, Stanford, CA [SLAM document files].
[4-5] According to an email from the donor to curator Simon Kelly dated March 11, 2023.
[6] Deed of Gift signed November 19, 2023 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 4, 2023.
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