The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, 1998CC0 (Met Open Access) · The Met

1850–53 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Woman Distributing Bread from a Basket: Study for "Feed the Hungry," in the Chapel of the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde), Church of Saint-Eustache, Paris

Victor-François-Eloi BiennourryThe Met

Wander from here
Date
1850–53The Met
Medium
Fabricated black and white chalk, squared with fabricated black chalkThe Met
Dimensions
15-3/4 x 9-7/8 in. (40.0 x 25.1 cm)The Met
Inventory no.
1998.406.2The Met
Credit line
Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, 1998The Met

Provenance

Where it has been

No ownership history recorded in our sources.

Identifiers & sources+
  • inventory number1998.406.2
  • The Met336782