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| Artist | Doré, Gustave (French printmaker, painter, sculptor, 1832-1883) After Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) |
| Title | La Sainte Trinité |
| Alternative/previous titles | The Holy Trinity |
| Date earliest | probably about 1852 |
| Date latest | 1882 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 62.6 x 50.2 cm (estimate) |
| Description | Richard Glynn Vivian and Gustave Doré had been friends for a number of years prior to the artist's death in 1882. Glynn Vivian purchased a large volume of Doré's work in the subsequent studio sale. This work is an almost exact copy of Rubens's The Holy Trinity, with only a few minor compositional changes. |
| Subject | religion (Trinity) |
| Collection | Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea |
| Current accession number | GV39 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Richard Glynn Vivian 1911. |
| Provenance | Purchased by Richard Glynn Vivian from Doré's studio sale at the Hotel Drôuot, Paris, 14-15 April 1885. |
| Principal exhibitions | Gustave Doré: A Studio Insight, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1994, cat. no. 8. |
| Notes | There is no entry in the sale catalogue relating to this painting, but a label, reverse of stretcher reads: 'Belonged to Gustave Doré, bought by Richard Glynn Vivian at a sale of his things at Hotel Drôuot, Paris. 15 April 1885.' |
| Rights status | City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection |
| Author | Bryony Dawkes |
