The Old Oak, c. 1870

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Accession Number

1949.1.5

Artists / Makers

Jules Dupré (artist) French, 1811 - 1889

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: Jules Dupré

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

Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
Gallatin, R. Horace
Howell, Thomas A.
Knoedler & Company, M.
Knoedler & Company, M.
Wallach, Barger, Mr. and Mrs.

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.