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Summary

Gustave Moreau: The Young Man and Death

Artist



Alternative names	G. Moreau; moreau gustave; Moreau
Description	French sculptor and painter
Date of birth/death	6 April 1826	18 April 1898
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Kingdom of the Netherlands; Paris (1826–1841); Paris (1841–1857); Italy (1841–1841); Rome (October 1857–June 1858); Florence (June 1858–August 1858); Milan (August 1858–September 1859); Venice (September 1858–December 1858); Paris (1859–1888); Florence (December 1858–March 1859); Rome (April 1859–July 1859); Naples (July 1859–September 1859); Netherlands (1888–1888); Belgium (1888–1888); Paris (1888–1898)
Authority file	: Q203828 VIAF: 46844904 ISNI: 0000000121010994 ULAN: 500115776 LCCN: n50004629 NLA: 35361845 WorldCat

Title

French:

Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

The Young Man and Death

Object type

painting

Genre

allegory

Date

1865

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 215.9 cm (85 in); width: 123.2 cm (48.5 in)

Collection

Fogg Museum

	Native name	Fogg Art Museum
	Parent institution	Harvard University
	Location	Category:Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
	Coordinates	42° 22′ 30.29″ N, 71° 06′ 52.26″ W
	Established	1895
	Website	http://www.harvardartmuseums.org
	Authority file	: Q809600 VIAF: 132449533 ISNI: 0000000406087397 ULAN: 500265900 LCCN: n79105958 NLA: 35091307 WorldCat

Accession number

1942.186

Place of creation

France

Object history

Provenance: : Sold to Faivre, 1870.
Faivre, Purchased from the artist, 1870. Faivre paid the artist 6,000 francs.
Albert Cahen d'Anvers, Paris, 1889, To his wife Mme. Cahen d'Anvers.
Mme. Cahen D'Anvers, From her husband, Albert, Sold at Hotel Drouot, 1920. No. 20 in the sale, bought for Fr 81,000
Comte Roederer, Paris, sold to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935. Sold through Martin Birnbaum, August 1935.
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Purchase from Roederer through Martin Birnbaum, 1935, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1942. Winthrop paid Fr 180,000 for this work and 1943.262.

Exhibition history

Salon of 1865, Salon Carré

Inscriptions

Signed: l.l.: Gustave Moreau A la mémoire / de Théodore Chassériau.

References

Harvard Art Museums

Source/Photographer

Fogg Art Museum, 1865

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current	15:51, 27 February 2019	1,311 × 2,337 (495 KB)	Alonso de Mendoza	Reverted to version as of 08:41, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
	09:45, 29 August 2018	1,370 × 2,400 (755 KB)	Alonso de Mendoza	mejor
	08:41, 4 December 2011	1,311 × 2,337 (495 KB)	Shuishouyue