Joseph Henri François van Lerius (Belgian, 1823-1876)
Jeanne d'Arc au siège de Paris
signed 'JVan Lerius' (lower left)
oil on panel
46 ¾ x 70 ½ in. (108.8 x 179 cm.)
Joseph Henri François van Lerius (Belgian, 1823-1876)
Jeanne d'Arc au siège de Paris
signed 'JVan Lerius' (lower left)
oil on panel
46 ¾ x 70 ½ in. (108.8 x 179 cm.)
with Galerie L. Choveaux, Brussels. Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1985.
J. D. Cooper, 1866.
'The International Exhibition: The Pictures from Belgium,' The Examiner, no. 2840, London, 5 July 1862, p. 425, as Joan of Arc, at the Siege of Paris. 'The Foriegn Pictures at the International Exhibition,' The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, vol. 14, no. 349, London, 5 July 1862, p. 17, as Joan of Arc. 'Modern Painters of Belgium,' The Art Journal, vol. V, London, 1 September 1866, pp. 265-266, illustrated with the engraving, as Joan of Arc at the Siege of Paris. 'The Fine Arts,' Bow Bells, vol. V, no. 119, London, 7 November 1866, p. 348, illustrated, as Joan of Arc at the Siege of Paris. 'Obituary,' The Art Journal, vol. XV, London, 1876, p. 176, as Joan of Arc at the Siege of Paris.
Brussels, Exposition générale des beaux-arts, 1860, p. 125, no. 1005, as Jeanne d'Arc, au siège de Paris, brise l'épée miraculeuse de Fierbois, en frappant des soldats livrés à la débauche. London, International Exhibition, 1 May-1 November 1862, no. 1858, as Joan of Arc, at the Siege of Paris, breaks the miraculous Sword of Fierbois in striking riotous Soldiers.
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