Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Virgin and Child
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1490
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- Panel: 117.3 × 50.8 cm (46 3/16 × 20 in.); Framed: 137.2 × 69.8 cm (54 × 27 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Stephen French
Artist
Stephen French, Esq. was an American educator, lawyer and Civil War veteran. He was known for being captured by the Confederate army during the American Civil War, imprisoned at Andersonville prisoner-of-war camp, having escaped captivity for five days in the forests of Georgia, and being re-captured and re-imprisoned at Andersonville. His personal account, titled "Recollections of Five Days in the Forest of Georgia 1864. Escape from Andersonville Prison. Recapture and Final Release" was published in The National Tribune as a serial in 1926 under the title "Experiences of a Prisoner in Dixieland."
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- Stephen French
- Year
- 1490
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- Panel: 117.3 × 50.8 cm (46 3/16 × 20 in.); Framed: 137.2 × 69.8 cm (54 × 27 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1490-526584
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified