Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002368Fire in the Port
Inscriptions
Signed: "LM 1788"
Provenance
Marquis Le Franc de Pompignon, Château de Hordesse; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 20, 1927, lot 4, to Marius Paulme (died 1928), Paris. Wildenstein and Company, by March 1934-at least 1955 [London 1934; New York 1955]. Given by Mrs. Joseph Regenstein, Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1964.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Helen Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1974, pp. 106-07, cat. 53 (ill.), cat. by Harold Joachim. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago," January 24-March 28, 1976, pp. 68-69, cat. 62 (ill.). New York, Wildenstein & Co., "Romance and Reality," October 17-November 25, 1978. The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Regenstein Collection of European Drawings," 1985-1986. The Art Institute of Chicago, February 20-April 28, 1995 (installation).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Louis Gabriel Moreau / French, 1740-1806
- Date
- 1788
- Medium
- Gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper, edge mounted on board
- Dimensions
- 33.4 × 45 cm (13 3/16 × 17 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- gouache
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Joseph Regenstein
- Accession no.
- 1964.246
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