The Edge of the Forest at Les Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau
1868
Painter, French, 1807 - 1876
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 93
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 97.8 x 125.5 cm (38 1/2 x 49 7/16 in.)
framed: 119.4 x 150.8 x 8.9 cm (47 x 59 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2000.37.1
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
James Staats Forbes [1823-1904], London. Private collection, England; (Richard L. Feigen and Co., New York); purchased 24 April 2000 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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. 94.
Inscriptions
lower left: N. DIAZ. 1868
Wikidata ID
Q20188706