Laban Searching for His Stolen Gods
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 45.6 × 57.3 cm · framed: 62 × 72 × 7.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Ruth and Sherman E. Lee in memory of their parents, George B. and Inez W. Ward, and Emery and Adelia Lee
Accession Number
1965.548
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About this artwork
This painting is a sketch for a special competition in 1753 held by the Royal Academy in Paris. After the Grand Prix de Rome, the academy's top student prize, an unexpected vacancy in the school's branch in Rome required the academy to hold another contest. Saint-Aubin's oil sketch was well received and he won first place among three finalists. However, his final canvas, now in the Louvre, failed to garner him this distinguished award. Saint-Aubin eventually abandoned his goal of becoming a memb...