The Arch of Titus

Artist George Peter Alexander Healy (American, 1813 - 1894)

Date1871

DimensionsFramed (measured for loan): H 92 7/8 x W 63 3/8 x D 4 1/4 in. (H 235.9 x W 161 x D 10.8 cm)
Image: H 74 x W 49 in. (H 188 x W 124.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Dr. J. Ackerman Coles, 1926

Object number26.1260

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Catalog Card The Arch of Titus

Inscriptionsrecto: u.l. brown paint "G.P.A. Healy. 1871"Marks and Labels/Stampson file from old backing: printed and typed paper label "THE MINNEAPOLIS / INSTITUTE / OF ARTS / No. L63.408 / Lent / By / Newark / Museum"; printed paper label "Berry-Hill / FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH (1826 - 1900) / GEORGE P.A. HEALY (1813 - 1894) / AND JERVIS MCENTEE (1828 - 1891) / [italics] The Arch of Titus, 1871 / Oil on canvas / 73 1/2 x 49 inches / D/1697 / The Newark Museum, Bequest of Dr. J. Ackerman / Coles, 1926 / Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc. 11 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021 / Tel (212) 744 - 2300 Fax (212) 744 - 2838 www.berry-hill.com"; printed paper label "Berry-Hill [italics] In Search of the Promised Land: / Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church / Berry-Hill Galleries, Apr. 25 - Jul 15, 2000 / Terra Museum of American Art, Aug 4 - Oct 1, 2000 / Portland Art Museum, Oct 21, 2000 - Jan 3, 2001 / Portland Museum of Art, Jan 18 - Mar 18, 2001 / FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH (1826 - 1900) / GEORGE P.A. HEALY (1813 - 1894) / AND JERVIS MCENTEE (1828 - 1891) / [italics] The Arch of Titus, 1871 / Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc. 11 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021 / Tel (212) 744 - 2300 Fax (212) 744 - 2838 www.berry-hill.com"; printed paper label "THE LURE OF ITALY: AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE, 1760-1914 / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / September 16-December 14, 1992 / Cleveland Museum of Art / February 3-April 11, 1993 / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston . May 23-August 8, 1993"; printed paper label "040 / Healy, G.P.A., Church, F., McEntee, J. / Arch of Titus / The Newark Museum"; printed paper label "No. 69880 / PICTURE"; printed and typed [in red ink] paper label "FINE PRINTS AND AMERICAN PAINTINGS / KENNEDY GALLERIES, INC. / Founded 1874 by H. Wunderlich / 20 EAST 56TH STREET * NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 / property of: The Newark Museum . 43-49 Washington Street / Newark, New Jersey 07101 / Loan No. 17: G.P.A. Healy / "The Arch of Titus" NFS / Brooklyn Art Association Show"; printed and handwritten paper label "*Museum of Fine Arts / Lure Cat. 40 . * Newark / * Healy"ProvenanceMarshall D. Roberts (purchased from the artist in Rome, 1847); sold at sale of Robert's paintings, Orties Galleries, New York, New York (Jan. 19, 1987); to Dr. J. Ackerman Coles, Scotch Plains, New JerseyExhibition History"Antiquity and the American Project", Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME (3/24/2022 – 3/5/2023)

"Frederic Church: To Jerusalem and Back", Detroit Institute of Arts; DIA (10/22/2017 - 1/4/2018), Reynolda House Museum of American Art (2/4/2018 - 5/13/2018), Wadsworth Atheneum (6/3/2018 - 8/26/2018)

"Maestá di Roma. Da Napoleone all'Unitá d'Italia", Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, Italy (March 5, 2003 - June 29, 2003).

"In Search of the Promised Land: Frederic Edwin Church and Exploration," Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, New York (April 25 - July 15, 2000).

"The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760-1914," The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts (September 16 - December 12, 1992); to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (February 3 - April 11, 1993; to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (May 16 - August 8, 1993)

"Aspects of a Collection: 18th-19th Century American Paintings from the Newark Museum," Knoedler Gallery, New York, New York (March 1977)

"The Impact of Antiquity on American Portraiture of the 19th and 20th Centuries," Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (January 1976)

Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York for Brooklyn Art Association exhibition (September 1970)

"19th Century America," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (1970)

"The Inner Circle," Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1966)

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota (November 1963)

Smith College Museum of Art (May - August 1963)

Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York, (March 16 - June 10, 1960)

"International Masterpieces," Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio (November 8 - December 16, 1956)

"Off for the Holidays," Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut (April 15 - June 6, 1955)

"The Great Decade in American Writing," American Academy of Arts (December 3 - December 31, 1954)

"Travelers in Arcadia," Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (January 4, 1951 - April 6, 1951); to Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

Sesquincentennial, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (June 12, 1950 - January 26, 1951)

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