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EMANUEL LEUTZE (1816-1868)
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EMANUEL LEUTZE (1816-1868)

MELENIE

Fermé19 January 2024

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EMANUEL LEUTZE (1816-1868)
MELENIE
signed and dated EG Leutze / Nov 1839 (lower right), titled, signed and dated again "Melenie" / E.G. Leutze / Painted / 1839 (on reverse)
oil on canvas
39 7⁄8 x 25 ¼ in.
Painted in November 1839

Chas. Toppan, Philadelphia, circa 1843
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lorenz Noll Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
Graville Elkan Libby
Gift of Judith Libby to the Wethersfield Historical Society, Wethersfield, Connecticut, 2016

Note du spécialiste

From the poem "To Melenie" (unknown author): Sweet Melenie! I know not why I gaze so on thy dark glad eye! I cannot turn my eyes away Thy charms invite them so to stay!

The image also inspired an engraving by John Sartain (1808-1897), titled Melanie, also known as Lillian Grey (see Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, acc. no. 1948.23.525)