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Alcove

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Alcove

Attributed to Jean-François Roumier (master 1788, recorded 1793)

Date:: ca. 1720–25, with later additions
Culture:: French, Paris
Medium:: Carved, painted and gilded oak
Dimensions:: Overall: 308 1/2 x 226 1/2 x 228in. (783.6 x 575.3 x 579.1cm) Crate (mirror): 95 1/4 x 112 1/2 x 8 in. (241.9 x 285.8 x 20.3 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
Accession Number:: 07.225.147

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 522

Provenance

[ M. Mombro ; sold to Joseph Désiré Court ] ; Joseph Désiré Court (until d. 1865; sale of his collection in 1866, Hôtel Drout, Paris, February 22, 1866, lot 1, to M. Wilkinson); M. Wilkinson , Paris (1866–after 1886) ; Georges Hoentschel , Paris ; J. Pierpont Morgan (until 1906; to MMA)
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Who
Jean-François Roumier (2)
What
Gilt (9,043)

Wood (7,651)

Painting (5,225)

Woodwork (2,582)

Oak (1,089)
Where
Europe (148,590)

France (52,276)

Paris (2,025)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,180)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1600–1800 A.D.
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