The Windmill
probably after 1884
Artist, French, 1841 - 1901
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 40.5 x 32 cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
framed: 66 x 57.8 x 8.3 cm (26 x 22 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1949.1.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John W. Simpson [1850-1920], New York.[1] Possibly sold 1908 by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York, in whose collection the painting was by 1941;[2] bequest 1949 to NGA.
[1] According to Gallatin. This may also be the same Cazin, "The Windmill," sold to Gallatin December 1908, having been returned to Knoedler's from an A.W. Smith.
[2] The painting was part of the Gallatin collection in 1941 when the collection was initially offered to the National Gallery of Art, and accepted on an "if and when" basis; see NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1954-1955.
1967
Loan for display with permanent collection, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, 1967-1971.
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 24.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 17, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 58, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 78, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: J.C.Cazin
Wikidata ID
Q20189729