The Gift of the Fishermen

18th or 19th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lewis Einstein

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.4 x 48.4 cm (15 1/8 x 19 1/16 in.)
    framed: 58.1 x 67.3 cm (22 7/8 x 26 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1954.17.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lewis Einstein [1877-1967], Paris; gift 1954 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences (now Chrysler Museum), Virginia, 1967-1972.

Bibliography

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 100, as by Pater.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968:87, repro., as by Pater.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 260, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 301, repro.

2009

  • Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: no. 80, 368-370, color repro.

Inscriptions

On stretcher: in pencil, "12 x 7 1/2".

Wikidata ID

Q20177707

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