Unknown
17-1/2 x 16-3/4 x 11-1/2 in.
Gift of the Friends of Art
European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800
Found Lugy, near Therouanne, France; (Collection of Dr. Maurice Wintrebert [1868-1911], Lille France by 1907); Hôtel Drouot, Paris sold at auction December 18-20,1911 {1}. bought by Arnold Seligmann Rey and Co Paris, France (inventory # NY2917/P9651). {2} (Sold to William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951] in New York April 5, 1924). Likely sold through Gimbel Bros., NY ca. 1940; Frederic A. Stern Cosmo Art Inc. New York before 1944; Given to the Art Association of Indianapolis by the Friends of Art 1945. {3} {1} Catalogue no. 251 {2} Work was 1.55 meters but severely damaged in a fire and only the bust remained {3} The Art Association of Indianapolis is the precursor to the Indianapolis Museum of Art
This bust of a young man is a fragment of a full-length, armor-clad figure. In spite of a resemblance to Philip the Handsome, the ill-fated Austrian archduke, this work probably represents St. Adrian, the principal military saint of Flanders. A lion, one of the saint's attributes, was formerly present at his feet.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Columbus
May 16, 1992 - May 15, 1993
de la Toison d’Or
National Library of Art and History
Dates Unknown
Expositions de Tourcoing
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Dates Unknown
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