[Figures in a moonlit garden with fountain]

[Figures in a moonlit garden with fountain]

Painting

Hippolyte Omer Ballue

Maker
French, 1820–1867

[Figures in a moonlit garden with fountain]

1844
Oil on paper
Image: 2 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (6.7 × 10.4 cm)
Mount: 5 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.2 cm)
Frame: 7 11/16 × 8 11/16 × 1 3/4 in. (19.5 × 22 × 4.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Inscribed in red paint, on image, recto, BL: Hip. Ballue 44
Inscribed in blue ink (Cromer's hand) on backing paper, verso, TC: Par Hippolyte Omer Ballue \ élève de Diaz \ 1820-1866 \\ Dédicace au dos de la peinture \ à Mr Hostein (le peintre ?) \ Date 1844
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on sealing tape, verso, BC: Voir "Renseignements photographiques" par Disderi, 1855, page 41. \\ Ce Ballue ne fut-il pas par la suite le coloriste de \ Mayer et Pierson (voir Nadar, "Quand j'étais photographe," page 198-199)
Très probablement
Inscribed in pencil, on sealing tape, verso, BL: 3-46

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