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L'Enfance de Sainte Genevieve

Artist: Gamley, Andrew Archer, RSW · 1869-1949Primary artist: de Chavannes, Pierre Puvis · 1824-1898

Copy by Andrew Gamley of the painting in the Pantheon in Paris by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

Gamley went to Paris on 20th February 1904 on a Carnegie Scholarship. See RSA Council Minutes of 1904-02-17 where a letter from Gamley dated 1904-02-09 is transcribed "I hope to devote my attentions to drawing in the morning and/ to painting in the afternoon perhaps with occasional copying/ in the Luxembourg and the Louvre."

See also transcript of letter from Gamley to RSA dated 1904-05-10 "I have also been visiting many/ of the principal buildings - such as the Hotel de Ville...and the Pantheon which holds/ the great decorations by Puvis de Chavannes and other works."



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  • Object data

    Datec.1904
    Accession1992.224
    TypePainting
    MaterialsSupport canvas
    Medium Paint, oil
    Dimensions Support
    147.3cm x 84cm
    AcquisitionPurchase Gamley, Andrew Archer, RSW (May 24th, 1905)
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