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Le Retour, (painting). Artist:  Mosler, Henry, 1841-1920, painter. Title:  Le Retour, (painting). Other Titles:  Return, (painting). Dates:  1879. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  47 1/4 x 39 1/2 (cm. 120.0 x 101.0) Description:  A priest stands with his hand on his chin, his head bowed toward a man who kneels with his head resting forward on a the edge of an elaborate bed and his hands crossed. A candle is lit inside the bed, probably where someone lies dying. Subject:  Recreation -- Church -- Prayer State of Being -- Death Architecture interior Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Dress -- Ecclesiastical Figure group Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Lent by Musee du Louvre, Paris, France On loan to Musee Departemental Breton, Quimper, France Exhibitions:  Paris Salon of 1879, Paris, 1879. References:  "Dessins américains des collections nationales de 1760 à 1945 = American drawings in the French national collections from 1760 to 1945," Paris: Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux, 1991, pg. 51. Exh. Cat., "Americans in Brittany," National Museum of American. Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.c., 1983. Illustration:  "Dessins américains des collections nationales de 1760 à 1945 = American drawings in the French national collections from 1760 to 1945," Paris: Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux, 1991, pg. 51. Exh. Cat., "Americans in Brittany," National Museum of American. Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.c., 1983, P.153 Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 86350018   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 86350018 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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