Prosper Marilhat
Beneath the Archway
1827-1837
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, Unframed (Sight): 11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in. (30.2 × 20.6 cm.)
Framed: 17 3/4 × 14 × 3 1/2 in. (45.1 × 35.6 × 8.9 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.195
Marilhat’s earliest artistic efforts were limited to family portraits and
landscape views of locales painted in his birthplace, the Auvergne
region of central France. Shortly after moving to Paris in 1829, he
was engaged by Austrian naturalist, Baron Karl von Hügel, to
accompany an expedition to the Near East. In the course of a twoyear
sojourn, from 1831 to 1833, he visited Greece, Syria, Palestine,
and Egypt, making numerous sketches and watercolors which would
inspire much of his subsequent production.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911, cat. #98.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #192.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, "Selections from the Lucas Collection", July 21-August 22, 1975.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, "Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1820-1880", August 27-October 17, 1982; circ. to Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, November 4-December 23, 1982.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, "The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas", organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005-September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006-May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006-September 7, 2006.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #192.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, "Selections from the Lucas Collection", July 21-August 22, 1975.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, "Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1820-1880", August 27-October 17, 1982; circ. to Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, November 4-December 23, 1982.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, "The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas", organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005-September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006-May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006-September 7, 2006.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; Baltimore, MD: Walters Art Museum; University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, page 290, fig. 1.
Inscribed: FACE: BL, 'MARILHAT'. VERSO, FRAME: UR, 'BMA cat./1965/#192'; C, 'MARILHAT - 1811 (? partly visible) - 1847 -/Pupil of ROQUEPLAN -/...?'
On View at the BMA
