id: 150080 accession number: 1980.285 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.285 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:46.006000 The Death of General Colbert, c. 1809/1810. Victor Schnetz (French, 1787–1870). Oil on fabric; unframed: 50 x 61 cm (19 11/16 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.285 title: The Death of General Colbert title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1809/1810 creation date earliest: 1809 creation date latest: 1810 current location: creditline: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: oil on fabric department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Victor Schnetz (French, 1787–1870) - artist Schnetz began exhibiting at the Salon of 1808 and continued to do so on a regular basis until 1867. According to the Salon catalogue of 1810, he was a student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829), a painter of mythological scenes. Two years later he entered the studio of David (q.v.). He also studied with Baron François Gérard (1770-1837) and Gros (q.v.), both former pupils of David. Schnetz traveled to Italy in 1817, where he remained until 1832. During this sojourn he often painted scenes representing Italian peasants, sending them periodically to the Salon. In 1819 he received a gold medal at the Salon for history painting, an achievement that would mark the beginning of his successful career. Schnetz received numerous commissions for public buildings, including St. Martin Cutting His Cloak to Give Half to a Beggar (1824) for the Tours cathedral, Charlemagne Receiving Alcuin (1833) for a ceiling at the Louvre, and The Battle at the Hôtel de Ville (1834, destroyed) for the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. Upon his return to France, Schnetz became director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, a position he held until 1841. He also served as the director of the Académie de France in Rome from 1841 until 1847 and again from 1853 to 1866. Through his position at these institutions he was able to influence the development of academic training for many years. --- measurements: Unframed: 50 x 61 cm (19 11/16 x 24 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1980 opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Possibly Douai, Musée de la Chartreuse. (1821), no. 358, Une scène militaire (esquisse) (according to Les Salons retrouvés. Eclats de la vie artistique dans la France du Nord 1815-1848, exh. cat., Calais, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Musée de Dunkerque; Douai, Musée de la Chartreuse [1993], 2:160-61).', 'opening_date': '1993-01-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Versailles sale, Palais des Congrès, 7 April 1974 (lot 28), La mort d'un général, canvas, 50 x 60 cm, for ff 4,200 to Shepherd Gallery, New York. Bought in November 1976 by Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 580-583, Vol. II, no. 205 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.285/1980.285_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.285/1980.285_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.285/1980.285_full.tif