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Le Grand Salon, Musée Jacquemart-André
1912 · Oil on canvas
27 3/8 x 33 7/8 in. (69.5 x 86 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Walter Gay
1856
WA-00114309
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6
Works in Collection
13
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3
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70%
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1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
Source Registry (1)
- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional90%
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Why this artist matters now
Walter Gay was an American painter noted both for his genre paintings of French peasants, paintings of opulent interior scenes and was a notable art collector.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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6 published of 6 catalogued · 1 with image
- The Met5 published
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published1 img
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1 entries · 1 sources
- 1882 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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