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The King of Rome
Jehan-Georges Vibert (French, 1840–1902)
Title
The King of Rome
Artist
Jehan-Georges Vibert (French, 1840–1902)
Date
1900
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
32 1/2 × 47 in. (82.6 × 119.4 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Francis T. B. Martin
Object Number
1990.7
On View
On view
Provenance
Purchased from Knoedler & Co. by Arthur Tooth & Sons, New York, 1900;
Transferred from Arthur Tooth & Sons, New York to their London branch, 1901;
Purchased from Arthur Tooth & Sons, London by Alexander R. Peacock (1861–1928), Pittsburgh, 1901;
Purchased at his sale, The Private Collection of Mr. Alexander R. Peacock of Pittsburgh, American Art Association, Plaza Hotel, New York, January 10, 1922, lot 35, by Dr. Ernest Cadgene (1879–1934), Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1922–February 4, 1934;
Inherited by his wife, Marie Lilie Pervilhac (1888–1967), Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, February 4, 1934–January 28, 1938;
Consigned to Walker Galleries, New York by 1938;
Purchased from Walker Galleries by Charles W. Martin (1863–1944), Omaha, January 28, 1938–November 27, 1940;
His gift to his nephew, Francis T. B. Martin (1904–1995), Omaha, November 27, 1940–December 1, 1989;
His gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1989.
Exhibition History
Exposition universelle, Paris, 1900.
An Eye for Detail: French Academic Paintings from the Martin Collection, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, February 24–April 8, 1990.
Worth a Thousand Words: 19th-Century Academic Paintings, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, January 20–March 20, 1994.
Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, October 14, 2022-January 8, 2023; Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from Joslyn Art Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, February 22–May 28, 2023.
Published References
Illustrated Catalogue of Notable Paintings by Masters of the Barbizon, Modern French and Contemporaneous Schools: The Private Collection of Mr. Alexander R. Peacock of Pittsburgh (New York: American Art Association, 1922).
American Art Annual, vol. 19 (Washington, DC: American Federation of Arts, 1922), 327, pl. 35 (repro.).
An Eye for Detail: French Academic Paintings from the Martin Collection, exh. cat. (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1990), 1, (repro).
Eric M. Zafran, Cavaliers and Cardinals: Nineteenth-Century French Anecdotal Paintings, exh. cat. (Cincinnati: Taft Museum, 1992), 138.
Graham W. J. Beal et. al., Fifty Favorites from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1994), 86 (repro.), 87.
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 222, 223 (repro.).
