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The Confraternity of Death recovering the Body of a murdered Man from the Roman Countryside (sketch)
Jean-Baptiste "James" Bertrand
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02-07-2026
Jean-Baptiste "James" Bertrand

Lyon (France), 1823 - Orsay (France), 1887

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The Confraternity of Death recovering the Body of a murdered Man from the Roman Countryside (sketch)

Ca. 1863. Oil on canvas.
Not on display

This is a preparatory sketch for the canvas preserved at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon (Les Frères de la mort dans la campagne de Rome, A 2975), which was presented by the artist at the Paris Salon of 1863. It shows the activity of the lay confraternity of San Giovanni Decollato, responsible in Italy for the bodies of the poor and the condemned.

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1858 1868 Canvas Crucifix Oil Painting

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Inventory number
P007048
Author
Jean-Baptiste "James" Bertrand
Title
The Confraternity of Death recovering the Body of a murdered Man from the Roman Countryside (sketch)
Date
Ca. 1863
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Height: 34.5 cm; Width: 74.5 cm
Provenance
Acquired from Pedro Alarcón, S.A., 1984
Entry date
1984

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Últimas adquisiciones: 1982-1995 [texto Teresa Posada Kubissa], Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1995.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas. Nuevas Adquisiciones. Museo Iconográfico. Tapices, III, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996, pp. nº2065.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 100.

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JAMES BERTRAND
 Signed. Front, lower left corner

Update date: 02-07-2026 | Registry created on 01-03-2016

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