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| Keywords: Horace Vernet - Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops - Walters 3754.jpg In this scene papal troops intercept brigands who are looting a coach and carrying off its passengers During the 19th century brigands or banditi posed a real threat to travelers in rural areas of the Italian states but they were also idealized as daring outlaws Horace Vernet the director of the Académie de France in Rome 1828-34 and professor at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris 1835-63 was regarded as a leader of the juste-milieu or the middle course between the opposing Romantic and Neoclassical factions in French painting He chose dramatic often contemporary subjects but rendered them with the smooth brushwork and attention to detail associated with the Academic tradition 1831 Oil on canvas cm 86 7 131 5 ; size cm 127 172 88 19 05 accession number 37 54 22922 John T Johnston Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown John T Johnston Collection Sale New York December 20 1876 Robert Somerville as agent no 146 from Henry Walters handwritten notebook 1887 no 101 William T Walters city Baltimore Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1876 H Vernet / Paris 1830 Exhibited at the Salon 1831 The Romantic Circle Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford 1952 War à la Mode Military Painting from the Forbes Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1977 All the Banners Wave Art and War in the Romantic Era Brown University Bell Gallery List Art Center Providence 1982 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 French Artists in Rome Ingres to Degas 1803-1873 Maestà di Roma D'Ingres à Degas Dahesh Museum of Art New York; Académie de France à Rome Roma 2003 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 place of origin Paris France truppe pontificie sorprendono briganti Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Horace Vernet French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Salon of 1831 1830s paintings from France 1831 paintings Italian brigands Ciociari people | ||||
