The Road in the Woods

1879

Alfred Sisley

Artist, French, 1839 - 1899

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 46.3 x 55.8 cm (18 1/4 x 21 15/16 in.)
    framed: 67.6 x 76.2 cm (26 5/8 x 30 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.215

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Léon Payen, Paris; (Payen sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 June 1916, no. 108); purchased by (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris); sold 1919 to (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris). Lie, Norway. (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris); sold 9 June 1926 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[1] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]Provenance according to copies of Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1917

  • Exposition d'Oeuvres de Alfred Sisley, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1917, no. 35, as Le Chemin sous bois.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1929

  • Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 40, repro.

1942

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 57, repro.

1944

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 57, repro.

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 67, repro.

1959

  • Daulte, Francois. Alfred Sisley, catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre peint. Lausanne: Editions Durand-Ruel, 1959.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 123.

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 102, repro.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 111, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 328, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 511, no. 767, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 375, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: Sisley

Wikidata ID

Q20188853

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