Horses

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 45.7 x 54.6 cm (18 x 21 1/2 in.)

framed: 56.5 x 65.1 x 3.8 cm (22 1/4 x 25 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1985.64.34

Artists / Makers

Rene Pierre Charles Princeteau (artist) French, 1843 - 1914

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Inscription

center left: Princeteau

Provenance

Deslandes, Gironde.[1] (Sloan & Roman, New York); acquired September 1968 by (Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc.);[2] sold April 1969 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1985 to NGA.

[1] Per Robert and Manuel Schmit, René Princeteau, 1843-1914: "Chevaux et cavaliers" Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1994, no. 23.

[2] See letter dated 30 March 1998 from Hirschl & Adler in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Deslandes
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
Mellon, Paul
Sloan & Roman

Exhibition History

1968: Collectors' Finds, Hirschl & Adler, New York, c. 1968, unnumbered cat., repro.

1989: Extended loan for use by Secretary Samuel Skinner, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1989-1992.

1992: Extended loan for use by Secretary Andrew H. Card, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1992-1993.

1993: Extended loan for use by Secretary Federico Pena, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1993-1998.

1998: Extended loan for use by Secretary Rodney Slater, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1998-2001.

Bibliography

1994: Schmit, Robert, and Manuel Schmit. René Princeteau 1843-1914: "Chevaux et cavaliers" Catalogue raisonné. Paris, 1994: no. 23, repro.