The Adjustment of Conflicting Interests: Count Raymond of Toulouse Swears at the Altar to Observe the Liberties of the City;ì Color Study for Mural, Supreme Court Room, Minnesota State Capitol,ì Saint Paul

The Adjustment of Conflicting Interests: Count Raymond of Toulouse Swears at the Altar to Observe the Liberties of the City;ì Color Study for Mural, Supreme Court Room, Minnesota State Capitol,ì Saint Paul by John La Farge

Medium

Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions

7 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (18.1 x 28.6 cm)

Classification

Watercolor

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966

Accession Number

67.55.169

Tags

Men

About the Artist

John La Farge · 18351910

John La Farge (1835–1910) was born into a wealthy French émigré family in New York City, the son of John Frederick La Farge and Louisa Binsse de Saint-Victor. Educated at Jesuit institutions including Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland and St. John's College (now Fordham University), he initially pursued law but turned to art after receiving early drawing lessons from his maternal grandfather, a...

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