Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878)
Étang de Gillieu, Dauphiné: Solitude
Details
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878)
Étang de Gillieu, Dauphiné: Solitude
signed and dated 'Daubigny 1876' (lower right)
oil on panel
16 x 26 ½ in. (40.6 x 67.3 cm)
Étang de Gillieu, Dauphiné: Solitude
signed and dated 'Daubigny 1876' (lower right)
oil on panel
16 x 26 ½ in. (40.6 x 67.3 cm)
Provenance
Dr. Francis P. Sprague (1834-1921), Boston, until 1921.
His estate sale; American Art Association, New York, 16 February 1922, no. 38.
Richard De Wolfe Brixey (1880-1943), New York, acquired at the above sale.
By whom gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1943.
His estate sale; American Art Association, New York, 16 February 1922, no. 38.
Richard De Wolfe Brixey (1880-1943), New York, acquired at the above sale.
By whom gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1943.
Literature
C. Sterling and M. M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 2, XIX Century, New York, 1966, pp. 100–101, illustrated, as The Pond of Gylieu.
R. Hellebranth, Charles-François Daubigny, 1817–1878, Morges, Switzerland, 1976, p. 176, no. 544, illustrated, as Solitude, l'Etang de Gylieu.
R. Hellebranth, Charles-François Daubigny, 1817–1878, Morges, Switzerland, 1976, p. 176, no. 544, illustrated, as Solitude, l'Etang de Gylieu.
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Barbizon: French Landscapes of the Nineteenth Century, 4 February – 10 May 1992.