Forest Scene
1874
Artist, French, 1807 - 1876
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G21
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
1949.1.4
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
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.
Inscriptions
lower left: N. Diaz - 74 -
Wikidata ID
Q20188773