id:			142019
accession number:	1965.548
share license status:	CC0
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Laban Searching for His Stolen Gods, 1753. Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807). Oil on canvas; framed: 62 x 72 x 7.5 cm (24 7/16 x 28 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 45.6 x 57.3 cm (17 15/16 x 22 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ruth and Sherman E. Lee in memory of their parents, George B. and Inez W. Ward, and Emery and Adelia Lee 1965.548

title:				Laban Searching for His Stolen Gods
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creation date:			1753
creation date earliest:		1753
creation date latest:		1753
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creditline:			Gift of Ruth and Sherman E. Lee in memory of their parents, George B. and Inez W. Ward, and Emery and Adelia Lee
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - French 18th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 62 x 72 x 7.5 cm (24 7/16 x 28 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 45.6 x 57.3 cm (17 15/16 x 22 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, September-October, 1966: "Golden Anniversary Aquisitions" catalogue: CMA Bulletin, LIII (September 1966), p 280, no. 66, repr. p. 220.', 'opening_date': '1966-09-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, Memorial Art Gallery-Univ. of Rochester (April 30- January 29, 1988) "La Grande Maniere"', 'opening_date': '1988-04-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[Victor D. Spark, New York]
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	Ruth and Sherman E.Lee, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1965.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 139
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n163

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr1429

	Stechow, Wolfgang. “Bartolomé Estéban Murillo: Laban Searching for His Stolen Household Gods in Rachel’s Tent.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 10 (December 1966): 367–377.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 373-374, fig. 8
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152127

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 139
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n163

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 182
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n202

	The Cleveland Museum of Art.<em> The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 140; Reproduced: p. 141
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	Fournier, Marie. <em>Nicolas-Guy Brenet: 1728-1792. </em>Paris: Arthena, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 26; Reproduced: p. 27
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IMAGES

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