Drover with Oxen Pulling a Cart

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Théodore Chassériau

Artist, French, 1819 - 1856

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Chassériau atelier, Paris (Lugt 443); (its sale, Paris, 16-17 March, 1857, probably part of lots 67, 68, or 99). Elizabeth Molnar, New York; (her sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 24 November 1965, no. 45). Norbert L. H. Roesler, New York; (his sale, Christie's New York, 31 May 1990, no. 58). (sale, Sotheby's New York, 7 April 2000, no. 124, bought in). (Colnaghi, New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Colnaghi: An Exhibition of Master Drawings, Adam Williams Fine Art Ltd., New York, 2001, no.45.

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 39, 158, no. 14 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke).

Bibliography

1974

  • Sandoz, Marc. Théodore Chassériau, Catalogue raisonné des peintures et estampes. Paris, 1974: 36, plate 9.

1988

  • Prat, Louis-Antoine. Théodore Chassériau, cahiers du dessin français no. 5. Paris, 1988: no. 65.

2014

  • Christie's, London. Sale cat. "Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours." 10 July 2014: 73, under no. 178.

Inscriptions

rough sketch of a cow on verso

Wikidata ID

Q64633064

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