Descent from Montmartre, 1850s

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 109.22 × 114.3 cm (43 × 45 in.)

framed: 126.37 × 132.4 × 9.53 cm (49 3/4 × 52 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)

Accession Number

2014.136.51

Artists / Makers

Constant Troyon (painter) French, 1810 - 1865

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Provenance

Probably collection of the artist; probably (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22-23 January 1865, no. 56, as La route du marché).[1] William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York, as Moving with the Flock;[2] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] The size of the painting listed in the Troyon sale catalogue is 106 cm x 109 cm, which is very close to the dimensions of the painting now in the NGA collection. The entry indicates that La Route du Marché was a panel decoration, but there is no evidence that the NGA painting was part of a large decorative project.

[2] See Dana H. Carroll, Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the House of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue, 1925, unpublished. Copy in NGA curatorial file.

Associated Names

Clark, William Andrews
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1978: The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April-16 July 1978, unnumbered cat.

1983: La Vie Moderne: Nineteenth Century French Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Georgia; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tampa Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Akron Art Museum, 1983-1985, no. 6, repro.

1989: The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings; Montana Historical Center, Helena, 1989, unnumbered checklist.

1991: Corot to Monet: The Rise of Landscape Painting in France, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire; IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York; Dallas Museum of Art; High Musuem of Art, Atlanta, 1991-1992.

2011: A Passion for Nature: Landscape Painting from 19th Century France, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, 15 October 2011 - 20 February 2012, no catalogue.