Alexandre Longuet
Hagar and Ishmael
1851
Scroll
Alexandre Longuet
Hagar and Ishmael
1851
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, 15-9/16 x 10-15/16 in. (39.5 x 27.8 cm.); Frame: 22-1/2 x 18-1/8 x 2 in. (57.2 x 46.1 x 5.1 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
1996.45.187
Little is known of Longuet, a painter of historical and genre subjects, landscapes and seascapes. According to an inscription added to the reverse of the panel by Lucas, he was a pupil and friend of the Barbizon school artist, Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña. Biblical subjects such as this example, which is drawn from the Old Testament, were often a source of inspiration for painters in the Romantic era.
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. #58.
The Baltimore Art Museum, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #182.
Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York, NY, "Christian Imagery in French Nineteenth Century Art", May 20-July 26, 1980.
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 Art Museum, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #182.
Shepherd Gallery Associates, New York, NY, "Christian Imagery in French Nineteenth Century Art", May 20-July 26, 1980.
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.
Inscribed: FACE: BL, 'Longuet 1851(?)'. VERSO FRAME: UL, 'SHEPHERD GALLERY Associates/21 East 84th Street, New York 10028. UN 1-4050/CHRISTIAN IMAGERY IN FRENCH NINETEENTH CENTURY ART 1789 - 1906/May 20 to July 26, 1980/Catalog no. #66, illustrated./Loan.'; C, 'BMA cat./1965/#182'; UC, 'Succession G.A. Lucas...'; LC, 'LONGUET/Pupil and friend of DIAZ'
