Gabriel von Max
Saint Cecilia
1879
oil on canvas
78 x 64 cm
Exhibition History:
1879 Galerie Mikuláš (Nikolaus) Lehmann, Prague. See Michal Šimek, "Gabriel Max a Praha" ["Gabriel Max and Prague"], thesis, Univerzita Karlova, Prague, 2009, pgs. 86 and 129.
Publication History:
Karin Althaus and Helmut Friedel, eds., Gabriel von Max, Malerstar, Darwinist, Spiritist (München: Hirmer Verlag, 2010), p. 63, ill. 35 (as published on cabinet card by Verlag Nicolaus Lehmann, Prague).
Discussion:
An interesting comparison can be made between this painting and another painting in The Daulton Collection, "Song Without Words" (circa 1900-1915), a similar composition more than 20 years later with a monkey as its subject.
