Object details
Accession number
P28e15
Primary Creator
Paul César Helleu
(Vannes, 1859 - 1927, Paris)
Full title
The Interior of the Abbey Church of Saint Denis
Creation Date
about 1891
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Paul César Helleu, Paris, 1892 for 1,500 francs through the artist, John Singer Sargent (1856–1925).
Marks
Signed (lower right): Helleu
Dimensions
194 x 155 cm (76 3/8 x 61 in.)
Display Media
Oil on canvas
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Chapel
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 183-84.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 257.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 24 (13 Feb. 1966), p. 2.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 118.
Carolyn Kinder Carr. Sara Tyson Hallowell: Pioneer Curator and Art Advisor in the Gilded Age (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2019), p. 143, ill.
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