The Windmill, probably after 1884

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 40.5 x 32 cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

framed: 66 x 57.8 x 8.3 cm (26 x 22 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Accession Number

1949.1.1

Artists / Makers

Jean-Charles Cazin (artist) French, 1841 - 1901

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Inscription

lower left: J.C.Cazin

Provenance

John W. Simpson [1850-1920], New York.[1] Possibly sold 1908 by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York, in whose collection the painting was by 1941;[2] bequest 1949 to NGA.

[1] According to Gallatin. This may also be the same Cazin, "The Windmill," sold to Gallatin December 1908, having been returned to Knoedler's from an A.W. Smith.

[2] The painting was part of the Gallatin collection in 1941 when the collection was initially offered to the National Gallery of Art, and accepted on an "if and when" basis; see NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Gallatin, R. Horace
Knoedler & Company, M.
Simpson, John Woodruff

Exhibition History

1954: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1954-1955.

1967: Loan for display with permanent collection, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, 1967-1971.

Bibliography

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 24.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 17, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 58, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 78, repro.