An Abbey by a Wooded Lake at Twilight, c. 1831

Not on View

Medium

pastel on blue wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 23 x 37.5 cm (9 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund

Accession Number

2011.44.1

Artists / Makers

Paul Huet (artist) French, 1803 - 1869

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Paul Huet's studio stamp (L. 1268)

Provenance

Paul Huet's studio sale, 15-16 April 1878 (Lugt 1268). Pierre Miquel [1930-2007]; (his sale, Salle Rossini, Paris, 1 April 2004, no. 452). (De Bayser, Paris); purchased 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Dyke, James T., Mr. and Mrs.
Galerie de Bayser

Exhibition History

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, 21, 30, 158, no. 5 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)