The Old Oak
c. 1870
Artist, French, 1811 - 1889

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 32.1 x 41.5 cm (12 5/8 x 16 5/16 in.)
framed: 55.3 x 64.8 x 8.3 cm (21 3/4 x 25 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1949.1.5
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Thomas A. Howell, Brooklyn; (his sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 27 February 1889, no. 47); purchased by (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., London, New York, and Paris). Mrs. M.M. Barger Wallach; on consignment from 1917 with (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[1] sold 1918 to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York; gift 1949 to NGA.
[1] According to Knoedler's records at the Getty Provenance Index.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1961
Extended loan for use by the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1961-1972.
1979
Jules Dupré 1811-1889, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1979, no. 17.
1987
Loan for display with permanent collection (in conjunction with the exhibition From Arcadia to Barbizon: A Journey in French Landscape), Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1987-1988.
1989
Extended loan for use by General Brent Scowcroft, Director, National Security Council, The White House, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.
2011
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, not in catalogue (shown only in Tokyo and Kyoto).
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 45.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 38, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 116, repro.
1982
Aubrun, Marie-Madeleine. Jules Dupré: catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre. Supplément Nantes, 1982: 43, no. S34, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 140, repro.
2000
Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 243-244, color repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: Jules Dupré
Wikidata ID
Q20188733