Pont de la Tournelle, Paris, 1862

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 40.2 x 55.1 cm (15 13/16 x 21 11/16 in.)

framed: 57.8 x 73 x 6.9 cm (22 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.17.35

Artists / Makers

Stanislas Lépine (artist) French, 1835 - 1892

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: S. Lepine - 62.

Provenance

Georges Lutz [d. 1901], Paris; (Lutz sale, Paris, 26 May 1902, no. 97). Ernest Cognacq [1839-1928], Paris; by inheritance to his grand-nephew Gabriel Cognacq [1880-1951], Paris; (Cognacq sale, Paris, 14 May 1952, no. 42); acquired by (Alex Reid & Lefevre, London) probably for Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974],[1] Paris; sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]Acquired by Molyneux after the 1952 United States exhibition of his collection. See letter from Molyneux to Ailsa Mellon Bruce dated 30 July 1955 in Gallery Archives RG39, copy in NGA curatorial records.

[2]See Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now found in NGA Gallery Archives.

Associated Names

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Cognacq, Ernest
Cognacq, Gabriel
Lutz, Georges
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain
Reid & Lefèvre, Ltd, Alex
Sale, Paris

Exhibition History

1945: Paysages d'eau douce, Galerie Charpentier, PAris, 1945, no. 84 as Le Pont Marie.

1956: Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, MD, May - October 1956, as Bridge on the Seine

1958: Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 1958, no. 29, as Bridge in the Seine

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 22, repro

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 66, repro., as Bridge on the Deine.

1982: Manet and Modern Paris, National Gallery of Art, 1982-1983, no. 7, repro.

Bibliography

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 194, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 227, repro.