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| Title | Incident of the Revolution of 1848 in Paris, in the Court of the Louvre. | |
| Collection | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle | |
| Artist | Gabé, Edward (French painter, 1814-1865) | |
| Date Earliest | 1848 | |
| Date Latest | about 1849 | |
| Description | In the courtyard of the Louvre, a student from the St Cyr military school leads a religious procession. A man holds a cross, followed by soldiers in uniforms, whilst a crowd of Parisians looks on. The scene refers to an actual event which happened on 24 February 1848, when a man called Potel carried the crucifix from the Chapel of the Tuileries to the Church of St Roch in the midst of a crowd of rioters who bowed their heads and followed him to the church, where the crucifix was placed and the parish priest blessed the group of kneeling rebels. | |
| Current Accession Number | B.M.484 | |
| Former Accession Number | No. 628 | |
| Subject | history (Revolution of 1848) | |
| Measurements | 78.5 x 96 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. | |
| Notes | This painting was listed as no. 628 in John Bowes' catalogue as 'Episode of the Revolution in 1848. A Scene which took place in the court of the Louvre. An §Elève of St Cyr§ takes off his hat before the Image of Jesus Christ, and engages the Insurgents to do the same., signe F.[?] Gabé, 1849'. The event depicted in the painting was told in The Tuileries. The Glories and Enchantments of a Vanished Place, by G. Lenotre (translated from the French by Hugh Barnes), Herbert Jenkins Limited, London. The text is accompanied by an image representing the same event as B.M.484, and taken from a biographical note on Ernest Potel, published by Berger-Levrault. The event is also mentioned in Stern, D., Histoire de la Révolution de 1848, Paris, p. 110. It also appears in Le Peuple en Action. 22, 23 et 24 février 1848, Paris, 1848, p. 12. A lithograph, the same as is reproduced in The Tuileries. The Glories and Enchantments of a Vanished Place (mentioned above), made by Eug. Charpentier is entitled Le Peuple sortant des Tuileries. Mes amis saluons le Christ, c'est notre maître à tous. It can be found at the Département des Estampes of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, in the microfilm referenced M113430, gathering images from Januray and February 1848. The same microfilm also includes another depiction of this scene: Sortie du Château des Tuileries 24 février. Gabé trained as a miniaturist. He exhibited a variety of scenes (hunting, landscape, still-life) at the Salon between 1835 and 1864. His marines are best. For details on Gabé, see Schurr, G. and Cabanne, P., Dictionnaire des Petits Maîtres de la Peinture 1820-1920, Paris, 1996, p. 453. | |
| Rights Owner | The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham | |
| Author | Dr Maylis Hopewell-Curie | |