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Emmanuel Meunier
active 19th century
A Crowd at a Mass in the Catacomb at Naples
1787
Pen and black ink and wash, with watercolor on paper.
8 3/8 and 12 1/4 in. (213 x 318 mm)
Bequest of John M. Thayer.
2005.97
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Signed and dated in black ink on bases of pillars, "Meunier En" and "MDCCLXXXVII"; inscribed on verso in brown ink, "Vue Prise et Dessiné dans l'interieur des catacombes a Naples".
Provenance:
Sale, New York, Christie's, 25 October 1984, lot 330; John M. Thayer, Wilmington, DE.
Associated names:
Thayer, John M. (John MacLane), 1944-2004, former owner.
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