Léopold Flameng
Two Nuns
1850-1910
Scroll
Léopold Flameng
Two Nuns
1850-1910
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, 5-1/16 x 5-1/4 in. (12.9 x 13.3 cm.); Frame: 8-9/16 x 8-11/16 x 1 in. (21.7 x 22.1 x 2.5 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
1996.45.104
An inscription by Lucas on the reverse of this diminutive
composition indicates that he received it as a gift from the artist’s
father, Léopold. François Flameng, recognized primarily for his
historical paintings and portraits of public figures, trained with his
father, an etcher as well as a painter. This work records two nuns
conversing in a simple interior with light streaming through an
open window behind them. In its choice of subject and its
informality, it is unusual in the artist’s 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. #129.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting, 1840-1940", June 6-Sept. 1, 1941, p. 41.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #104.
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, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting, 1840-1940", June 6-Sept. 1, 1941, p. 41.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #104.
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: VERSO, FRAME: TR, (ink on paper) 'Flameng'; TC, 'BMA cat./1965/#104'. VERSO, PAINTING: C, (ink on paper), 'Ce panneau de la jeunerie/de Francois Flameng/vu a etes (?) dormie par/son père Leopold Flameng/?'
