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Pierre Subleyras
The Emperor Heraclius Carrying the Cross1728 (?)

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Oil painting of a robed figure carrying a wooden cross surrounded by soldiers, a bishop in red vestments, and onlookers beneath a stone archway
Artist or Maker
Pierre Subleyras
France, Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, 1699-1749, active Italy, Rome
Title
The Emperor Heraclius Carrying the Cross
Place Made
France
Date Made
1728 (?)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 16 1/8 × 12 1/2 in. (40.96 × 31.75 cm) Frame: 21 × 17 1/2 × 2 in. (53.34 × 44.45 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.10
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance
Serra, Duca di Cardinale, Naples; Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924-2015), London, by 1973, sold 2000 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.