At the Louvre
Myers, Jerome
about 1914
Artwork Information
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Title:
At the Louvre
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Artist:
Myers, Jerome
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Artist Bio:
American, 1867–1940
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Date:
about 1914
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Medium:
Ink, crayon, and gouache on paper
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Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.
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Credit Line:
Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
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Object Number:
M156.58
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Display:
Not Currently on Display
About the Artwork
Jerome Myers from his book Artist in Manhattan:
“When I saw these two copyists at the Louvre, their attitudes symbolized the idealistic beginning and the pessimistic end of museum copying as a profession: the enthusiastic ardor of the youth, to whom the Rembrandt will be another step on his path to glory; and slumping on his stool, the shopworn veteran, to whom the old masters, one and all, are merely his bread and butter.”