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Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, Landscape, mid- to late 18th century, 1 x 1 15/16 in. (2.6 x 4.9 cm), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr, 1966.0017
Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, Landscape (verso), mid- to late 18th century, 1 x 1 15/16 in. (2.6 x 4.9 cm), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr, 1966.0017
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Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, Landscape, mid- to late 18th century

Artist Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe (French, 1716–1794)
Title Landscape
Object Date mid- to late 18th century
Setting Vermeil frame with enamel beads
Dimensions 1 x 1 15/16 in. (2.6 x 4.9 cm)
Credit Line Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr, 1966.0017

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4624

Artist's Biography

See the artist’s biography in volume 4.

Provenance

Mrs. Helen Carew (d. 1951), by October 15, 1951;

Purchased from her posthumous sale, Objects of Art and Vertu: Fine Gold Watches and Boxes and Miniatures, Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, October 15, 1951, lot 18, as A Landscape with Ruins and a Horseman, by Leggatt Brothers, London, probably on behalf of Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, 1951–1966 [1];

Their gift to The Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, 1966.

Notes

[1] “View of a chateau by a river with bridge in the foreground and various figures, by Van Blarenburghe, signed and dated 1765, oblong, 2 5/8 in. wide, in gold frame with pearls and blue border; and another of a landscape with ruins and a horseman, oblong, 1 7/8 in. wide, in similar border, each in leather case.” Leggatt bought lot 18 for £42. The first half of the lot describes a portrait in the Nelson-Atkins collection; see F58-60/162. The two share similar frames. Archival research has shown that Leggatt Brothers served as purchasing agents for the Starrs. See correspondence between Betty Hogg and Martha Jane Starr, May 15 and June 3, 1950, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

Exhibitions

From the Collection of the University of Kansas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 15–June 13, 1971.

Alumni Gifts to the University of Kansas Museum of Art, University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, May 6–June 3, 1973.

References

Randolph A. Youle, John W. Ittmans, and Charles C. Eldredge, From the Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art, exh. cat. (Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1971).

Charles C. Eldredge, Alumni Gifts to the University of Kansas Museum of Art (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1973).

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Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, Landscape, mid- to late 18th century, 1 x 1 15/16 in. (2.6 x 4.9 cm), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr, 1966.0017
Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, Landscape (verso), mid- to late 18th century, 1 x 1 15/16 in. (2.6 x 4.9 cm), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr, 1966.0017
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