Le Sanglier sous le pont (The Boar under the Bridge), 1833

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series Title

Boar Hunt at Compiègne: pl. 1

Medium

watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 96 x 37 cm (37 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
page size: 28 x 45.1 cm (11 x 17 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Lemoisne 1914, no. 898

Accession Number

1994.59.29.a

Artists / Makers

Eugène Louis Lami (artist) French, 1800 - 1890

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Inscription

lower left in pen and brown ink: Eug. Lami; by later hand below drawing, lower center in pen and brown ink: No. 1. Le Sanglier sous le pont.; by later hand above drawing, upper right in graphite: 1046

Provenance

Commissioned by the Duc d'Orleans (comparable to Lugt 1999d); Jules Martin, Paris; David David-Weill [1871-1952], Neuilly; (Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1972; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
David-Weill, David
Mellon, Paul

Bibliography

1914: Lemoisne, Paul André. L'Oeuvre d'Eugène Lami (1800-1890) (Lithographies, Dessins, Aquarelles, Peintures): Essai d'un Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: H. Champion, 1914.

1926: Henriot, Gabriel. Collection David-Weill. 3 vols. Paris,1926-1928:2:89-90, repro.