Study for "Mystical Brittany", 1904
Hippolyte Dominique Berteauxexpand_more
Watercolor and gouache over charcoal on tracing paperexpand_more
Gift of Gabriel P. and Yvonne M.L. Weisbergexpand_more 2013.71
Not on Viewexpand_more
This drawing is a study for an enormous (25 by 68 feet) mural titled Mystical Brittany that adorned the stairway of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes. It is one of two murals Hippolyte Dominique Berteaux was asked to produce; Brittany at Work: The Threshing of Grain is still on view in the museum, but Mystical Brittany was severely damaged and is awaiting restoration.
Mystical Brittany depicts a Pardon, an ancient religious ceremony and heralded annual custom in the life of the people of Brittany. On the feast day of the patron saint of the local church, community members donned traditional costumes and processed to a site dedicated to the saint. There they prayed and received remission for their sins, hence the name Pardon.
Details
- Title
- Study for "Mystical Brittany"
- Artist Life
- Saint-Quentin, Aisne 1843–Paris 1928
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.71
- Provenance
- [Galerie Jacques Fischer, Paris, until 2001; to Weisberg]; Yvonne and Gabriel Weisberg, Minneapolis (2001–13; given to Mia)
- Curator Approved
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