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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Double-Leaf Door

Double-Leaf Door

1790s
(French, 1751–1829)
France, 18th century
oil on wood
Unframed: 274 x 63 cm (107 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.)
Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1944.466.2.b
Location: not on view
  • Said by Wildenstein & Co. (letter of January 19,1942) to have come from 193 Boulevard St. Germain, Paris (known at the time as 21 and 23 rue St. Dominique), a private house, supposedly built after plans by Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698—1782). Comte Hippolyte Terray, owner of the house from about 1830; Marquise de Belleuf (daughter of Comte Terray); Comte de Waresquiel; Arthur Veil-Picard; [Wildenstein & Co., Paris]; Grace Rainey Rogers, purchased in 1913. Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey, 1942 and 1944.
  • {{cite web|title=Double-Leaf Door|url=false|author=Pierre Rousseau|year=1790s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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