The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 3, 2023

The Kiss of Peace and Justice

after 1654

Gerard de Lairesse

(Flemish, 1641–1711)

after Laurent de La Hyre

(French, 1606–1656)

Netherlands, 17th century

Red chalk; double framing lines in black ink over graphite

Support: Beige(1) laid paper with gold paper strips mounted to perimeter, laid down(?) on beige(1) laid paper, tipped on to tertiary support of beige(2) laid paper, laid down on quartenary support of blue cardboard, laid down on dark blue wove paper

Sheet: 37.7 x 44.2 cm (14 13/16 x 17 3/8 in.)

Gift of Cyril Humphris 1972.216

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower left, in brown ink: G.... De Leiresse. f ; VERSO OF QUINTERNARY SUPPORT, along left edge, in white chalk: [illegible] 213/3[illegible]

Provenance
M. -G. -T. de Villenave
Unidentified collector's initials (tertiary support, lower left, inscribed in black ink). Unidentified collector's stamp (tertiary support [folded over and attached to verso], lower right, in black ink). Marie-Guillaume-Thérèse de Villenave, Paris (Lugt 2598, not stamped); [sold: Société de l'Alliance des Arts (Lugt 61, in blue ink), 1-8 December, 1842, lot 501, 13 francs and 50 centimes]; Monsieur de Sesmaisons, Paris(?) (not in Lugt)
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.216