Cows and Sheep under Trees, c. 1850

Not on View

Medium

charcoal and white chalk with touches of red chalk on blue-gray laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 21.1 x 31.7 cm (8 5/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.238

Artists / Makers

Constant Troyon (artist) French, 1810 - 1865

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower right in pen and black ink: [C.L.?]; by later hand, bottom center verso in graphite: [Troyon]; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 962; by later hand, bottom right verso in graphite: 132; by later hand, bottom right verso in graphite: (sideways) RK

Marks and Labels

estate mark in red ink: CT. (Lugt 642); unidentified collector's mark in black ink at lower right: C.L. (not in Lugt).

Provenance

Artist's atelier (Lugt 642)(estate sale, Paris, 22 January-1 February 1866); unidentified collector (stamp in black ink, C.T., not in Lugt); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

McCrindle, Joseph F.

Exhibition History

2012: The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 120-121, no. 49 (entry by Margaret Doyle).