| Brown Inventory ID: |
none on file |
| Artist: | Agache, Alfred |
| Nationality: | French |
| Artist Dates: | 1843-1915 |
| Title: | To Whom the Crown |
| Artwork Date: | 1909 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions: | 39 1/4 in. h. by 31 1/4 in. w. |
| Hawkins Catalog Entry: | Yes, included in 1913 catalog |
| Hawkins Artist: | AGACHE, ALFRED |
| Hawkins Dates: | Living Artist |
| Hawkins School: | French School |
| Hawkins Title: | No. 54. TO WHOM THE CROWN? |
| Description: | A woman seated, half length behind a marble parapet, profile left. She wears a deep red cloak, and in her long black hair a fillet of scarlet poppies. Her left hand on her knee holds a golden crown of leaves. An incense urn is smoking on the left. Grey-green background. Signed " alf. agache. 1909." The presentment of a woman endowed with power to bestow the crown of glory upon the deserving. She is as it were one of the Fates, deliberating upon her ultimate decision. |
| Notes: | No file |
| Christies ID: | Yes |
| Catalog Text: | AGACHE, ALFRED Living Artist, French School A woman seated, half length behind a marble parapet, profile left. She wears a deep red cloak, and in her long black hair a fillet of scarlet poppies. Her left hand on her knee holds a golden crown of leaves. An incense urn is smoking on the left. Grey-green background. Signed " alf. agache. 1909." The presentment of a woman endowed with power to bestow the crown of glory upon the deserving. She is as it were one of the Fates, deliberating upon her ultimate decision. |
| Library: | Annmary Brown |
| Room: | Rear Gallery |
| Location: | Rear Gallery |
| Image: | ab54.jpg |