Deserved Sorrows

Provenance

Art market, Switzerland, 1978;[1] (Galerie Kurt Meissner, Zurich, with its pendant, 2025.29.2); private collection. (Galerie Eric Coatalem, Paris); purchased 2025 by NGA. [1] According to Kurt Meissner, Marcel Roethlisberger; and Werner Sumowski, _Kurt Meissner: Gemälde und Zeichnungen aus sechzig Jahren Kunsthandel_, Zurich, 2003: 58.

Deserved Sorrows

Gérard, Marguerite

1788-1789

Accession Number

2025.29.2

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 45 × 55 cm (17 11/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Edwin L. Cox – Ed Cox Foundation, Chester Dale Fund, and Patrons' Permanent Fund