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Force and Innocence, study for "The Glorification of the Law"

Date

ca. 1880-1881

Creator

Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

In 1881 Baudry began two years of work decorating the ceiling of Paris's Court of Appeals. His composition The Glorification of the Law received much praise when it was exhibited at the Salon in 1881. This lively, signed study of Force and Innocence for the ceiling decoration shows two emblematic figures. The reclining woman, holding a baton or scroll and leaning on an urn, personifies fortitude, authority, and wisdom. The child, symbolizing innocence, appears comfortably asleep within the security of her lap. Baudry's drawing, while making apparent how much he had assimilated from Italian old-master traditions, also reveals the admirable facility and skilled draftsmanship that he shared with a number of other prominent academic artists. from Spiro, Nineteenth-Century French Drawings (Notre Dame, 2007)

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In 1881 Baudry began two years of work decorating the ceiling of Paris's Court of Appeals. His composition The Glorification of the Law received much praise when it was exhibited at the Salon in 1881. This lively, signed study of Force and Innocence for the ceiling decoration shows two emblematic figures. The reclining woman, holding a baton or scroll and leaning on an urn, personifies fortitude, authority, and wisdom. The child, symbolizing innocence, appears comfortably asleep within the security of her lap. Baudry's drawing, while making apparent how much he had assimilated from Italian old-master traditions, also reveals the admirable facility and skilled draftsmanship that he shared with a number of other prominent academic artists. from Spiro, Nineteenth-Century French Drawings (Notre Dame, 2007)
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  • In 1881 Baudry began two years of work decorating the ceiling of Paris's Court of Appeals. His composition The Glorification of the Law received much praise when it was exhibited at the Salon in 1881. This lively, signed study of Force and Innocence for the ceiling decoration shows two emblematic figures. The reclining woman, holding a baton or scroll and leaning on an urn, personifies fortitude, authority, and wisdom. The child, symbolizing innocence, appears comfortably asleep within the security of her lap. Baudry's drawing, while making apparent how much he had assimilated from Italian old-master traditions, also reveals the admirable facility and skilled draftsmanship that he shared with a number of other prominent academic artists. from Spiro, Nineteenth-Century French Drawings (Notre Dame, 2007)
  • In 1881 Baudry began two years of work decorating the ceiling of Paris's Court of Appeals. His composition The Glorification of the Law received much praise when it was exhibited at the Salon in 1881. This lively, signed study of Force and Innocence for the ceiling decoration shows two emblematic figures. The reclining woman, holding a baton or scroll and leaning on an urn, personifies fortitude, authority, and wisdom. The child, symbolizing innocence, appears comfortably asleep within the security of her lap. Baudry's drawing, while making apparent how much he had assimilated from Italian old-master traditions, also reveals the admirable facility and skilled draftsmanship that he shared with a number of other prominent academic artists. from Spiro, Nineteenth-Century French Drawings (Notre Dame, 2007)
  • In 1881 Baudry began two years of work decorating the ceiling of Paris's Court of Appeals. His composition The Glorification of the Law received much praise when it was exhibited at the Salon in 1881. This lively, signed study of Force and Innocence for the ceiling decoration shows two emblematic figures. The reclining woman, holding a baton or scroll and leaning on an urn, personifies fortitude, authority, and wisdom. The child, symbolizing innocence, appears comfortably asleep within the security of her lap. Baudry's drawing, while making apparent how much he had assimilated from Italian old-master traditions, also reveals the admirable facility and skilled draftsmanship that he shared with a number of other prominent academic artists. from Spiro, Nineteenth-Century French Drawings (Notre Dame, 2007)
Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry (French, 1828 - 1886)
ca. 1880-1881
Drawings
Chalk on wove paper
1984.006
allegory
Not on view, please request access
11 1/8 x 16 1/2 in. (28.27 x 41.91 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Fund

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