Hippolyte Petitjean (1854-1929) Mythological Scene (en Arcadie) Signed and dated, lower left: Hipp. Petitjean 1895 Oil on canvas 45 x 57 1/2 in. (54 1/4 x 67 x 2 1/2 in. framed) Painted in 1895 8091 Provenance: Estate of the Artist E. & A. Silberman Galleries, Inc., New York Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., M. Knoedler & Co., New York The Armand Hammer Foundation Private Collection, California Exhibited: Dayton, Ohio, French Paintings 1789 – 1929 from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Dayton Art Institute Provincetown, Massachusetts and Ottawa, Canada, The Controversial Century, 1850 – 1950, Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Chrysler Museum of Provincetown, Provincetown, Massachusetts, and The National Gallery of Canada Toronto, Canada, Puvis de Chavannes and the Modern Tradition, Art Gallery of Ontario, October 25 – November 30, 1975 West Palm Beach, Florida, The Norton Gallery and School of Art, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, November 16, 1985 – December 29, 1985 Palm Springs, California, Palm Springs Desert Museum, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, January 16, 1986 – March 9, 1986 Leningrad, U.S.S.R, The Hermitage Museum, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, March 25, 1986 – May 4, 1986 Moscow, U.S.S.R, The U.S.S.R. State Art Gallery, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, May 15, 1986 – July 6, 1986 Novosibirsk, U.S.S.R, Regional Picture Gallery, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, July 17, 1986 – August 21, 1986 Odessa, U.S.S.R, Odessa Fine Art Museum, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, September 1, 1986 – October 5, 1986 Kiev, U.S.S.R., Kiev State Museum of Ukraine Fine Art, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, October 16, 1986 – November 27, 1986 Tbilisi, U.S.S.R., State Museum of Art of the Georgian SSR, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, December 8, 1986 – January 6, 1987 Bakersfield, California, Todd Madigan Gallery, California State College,The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, January 24, 1987 – February 22, 1987 Louisville, Kentucky, JB Speed Art Museum, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, March 17, 1987 – May 17, 1987 Holyoke, Massachusetts, The Heritage State Park, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, June 14, 1987 – August 23, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, The Armand Hammer Collection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces, November 3, 1987 – January 3, 1988 Literature: French Paintings 1789-1929 from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, 1960, p. 139, repr. p. 86 The Controversial Century, 1850-1950, Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., catalogue, Provincetown and Ottawa, 1962, repr. The Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1985, p. 168, no. 97, illustrated in color .