Hyde Hall Talks: Peter John Brownlee, author of Gallery of the Louvre

George Clarke was the original owner of Gallery of the Louvre. It hung in Hyde Hall on the Drawing Room wall until George Clarke Jr. sold it in the 1840s. The Terra Foundation, based in Chicago, purchased the painting for a record-breaking $3 million in the 1970s

A signature painting in the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art, Gallery of the Louvre underwent an extensive conservation treatment in 2010–11 and was the focus of three symposia held at the Yale University Art Gallery (April 2011), the National Gallery of Art (April 2012), and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (April 2013). This collection of essays, carefully drawn from the proceedings of these scholarly sessions, brings together the fresh insights of academics, curators, and conservators, who focus on the painting’s visual components and its cultural contexts. The book accompanies a multi-year tour of the painting to prominent museums across the country.

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