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Charles Baugniet

The Visit of Consolation

1867

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  • Artist Charles Baugniet (Belgian, 1814–1886)
  • Title The Visit of Consolation
  • Date 1867
  • Medium Oil on board
  • Dimensions framed | 17 5/16 x 19 13/16 x 1 1/2 in.
    unframed | 13 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.
  • Credit line Bequest of Charles Parsons, 1905
  • Object number WU 2098

Beginnings: The Taste of the Founders
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/21/2000 - 03/19/2000

Charles Parsons: Portrait of a St. Louis Collector
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 12/12/1976 - 01/30/1977

Salon de Resserre: Selections of European and American Art of the Nineteenth Century from the Washington University Collections
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 02/01/1970 - 03/06/1970

1905
Charles Parsons

Inscription [brass plaque on lower part of frame engraved in black:] THE VISIT OF CONSOLATION / By CHARLES BAUGNIET (1814-86) / Parsons Collection [large space] Washington University

Inscription [LR, in reddish brown paint in script:] C Baugniet 1867 / L (?)

Inscription [on verso at UL, on frame] [circular white sticker written in black permanent marker:] A.1

Inscription [on verso at UL of frame] [red marker:] WU 2098

Inscription [on verso on board in red paint:] WU / 2098

Inscription [on verso, tape remnants around perimiter of back of painting]

Inscription [on verso at LC of back of painting written in pencil on tape is three lines forming a triangular shape pointing up]

Inscription [on verso at UC on back of painting] [written in paint (?) and partially obscured by tape:] 36 / 90 [?]

Inscription [on verso at C written upside down in marker:] 5

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January 21, 2000–March 19, 2000
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Exhibitions

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December 12, 1976–January 30, 1977
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Exhibitions

Salon de Resserre: Selections of European and American Art of the Nineteenth Century from the Washington University Collections

February 01, 1970–March 06, 1970

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