On View In:
Gallery 357
Artist:   Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps  
Title:   Landscape with the Good Samaritan  
Date:   c. 1837  
Medium:   Oil on canvas  
Dimensions:   18 1/8 x 25 3/8 in. (46.04 x 64.45 cm) (canvas) 30 1/2 x 37 1/4 x 5 in. (77.47 x 94.62 x 12.7 cm) (outer frame)  
Credit Line:   Gift of Mrs. Egil Boeckmann  
Location:   Gallery 357  

This painting once belonged to James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Minnesota railroad magnate whose collection of European paintings forms the basis of the Institute's nineteenth-century holdings.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel  
Nationality:   French  
Life Dates:   French, 1803 - 1860  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature (initials) LR in red: [DC] No labels or markings on verso due to relining.  
Classification:   Paintings  
Physical Description:   The good samaritan  
Creation Place:   Europe, France, , ,  
Accession #:   58.31  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts