File:Alfred Stevens - News from Afar - Walters 37183.jpg

Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Alfred Emile-Léopold Stevens
Description	Belgian-French painter and author
Date of birth/death	11 May 1823	24 August 1906
Location of birth/death	City of Brussels	9th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1839 –1906
Work location	City of Brussels (1838-1844), Paris (1844-1849, 1852-1906), Sainte-Adresse (1880-1886)
Authority file	: Q773855 VIAF: 10025104 ISNI: 0000000121204190 ULAN: 500000844 LCCN: n87896129 WGA: s/steven_b WorldCat

Title

News from Afar

Object type

painting

Description

English: Stevens depicted domestic interiors, in which he meticulously recorded the latest fashions in dress and furnishings. Here, a young woman, who has apparently just received news from a loved one far away, clutches at her heart.

Date

mid 1860s

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 62.7 cm (24.6 in); width: 40.5 cm (15.9 in); Framed height: 94.3 cm (37.1 in); width: 72.7 cm (28.6 in); depth: 15.2 cm (6 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore, United States
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 47.13″ N, 76° 36′ 59.4″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

37.183

Place of creation

Reichenau, Germany (?)

Object history

William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown]
1894: inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore
1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters

Exhibition history

Alfred Stevens. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal. 1977-1978.

Salute to Belgium, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1980
Sarah Bernhardt and Her Times. Wildenstein & Company, New York. 1984. Alfred Stevens 1823-1906. Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels; Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, AJ Amsterdam. 2009-2010.

Credit line

Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1878

Inscriptions

[Signature] Lower right: Alfred Stevens; [Initials] Painted on reverse of canvas in red letters: A.S

References

Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 7896

Source

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