Forest Scene, 1874

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 21

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 32 x 44 x 1.3 cm (12 5/8 x 17 5/16 x 1/2 in.)

framed: 59.1 x 71.8 x 7 cm (23 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Accession Number

1949.1.4

Artists / Makers

Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (artist) French, 1807 - 1876

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: N. Diaz - 74 -

Provenance

Probably James Staats Forbes [1823-1904], London. Probably (Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris); by whom probably sold 1905 to (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris); probably sold to and returned by W. Jennings in 1912;[1] (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris); sold probably 1912 to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York; gift 1949 to NGA.

[1] The painting's provenance prior to its entrace into the Gallatin collection is derived from the Getty Provenance Index, based on the records of the firm of M. Knoedler & Co. This firm sold two similarly described forest scenes by Diaz to Gallatin; one in 1910, which had been previously sold to and returned by H.C. Lytton of Chicago, and another in 1912, which had been sold to and returned by W. Jennings. The recorded measurements of the painting sold to W. Jennings in 192 correspond more closely to those of the painting now at the NGA.

Associated Names

Boussod et Valadon
Forbes, James Staats
Gallatin, R. Horace
Jennings, W.
Knoedler & Company, M.

Exhibition History

1968: Opening exhibition and loan for display with permanent collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1968-1969, no cat.

2008: In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2008, no. 19, repro.

2008: In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 2008, no. 19.

Bibliography

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 41.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 35, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 106, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 130, repro.

2000: Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 239-241, color repro.