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Charles-François Daubigny

The Farm, 1855

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 51.4 x 81.3 cm (20 1/4 x 32 in.)

framed: 79.7 x 109.5 cm (31 3/8 x 43 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.116

Artists / Makers

Charles-François Daubigny (artist) French, 1817 - 1878

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Inscription

lower left: Daubigny. 1855

Provenance

Gérard, Paris. Possibly Félix Vallotton [1865-1925], Lausanne.[1] Alexandre Bernheim-Jeune [d. 1915], Paris. (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris); sold 9 June 1926 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] In a note dated 6 October 1966 (in NGA curatorial files), Paul Vallotton, the nephew of Félix, recalls that his uncle owned the painting before it was acquired by Bernheim-Jeune.

Associated Names

Bernheim, Alexandre
Dale, Chester
Galerie Georges Petit
Gérard
Vallotton, Félix

Exhibition History

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1929: Dale, Maud. Before Manet to Modigliani from the Chester Dale Collection. New York, 1929: no. 8, repro.

1941: Catalogue of French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 4, pl. VII.

1942: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 26, repro.

1944: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 26, repro.

1953: French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 33, repro.

1962: Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. Treasures from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1962: 150, color repro.

1963: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 252, repro.

1965: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 48, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 36.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 29, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 92, repro.

1976: Hellebranth, Robert. Charles-François Daubigny, 1817-1878. Morges, 1976: 284, no. 867, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 445, no. 645, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 113, 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: 146-148, color repro.