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A forest clearing

A forest clearing
(Une Clairière dans la forêt)
(c. 1870)

Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
30.0 × 40.8 cm
Accession Number
3258-4
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1955
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Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
clearings (landforms) forests (cultural landscapes) paths trees wooded landscapes
Provenance
With Hazlitt Gallery (dealer), London, by 1955; from where acquired for the Felton Bequest on the advice of A.J.L. McDonnell, 1955.[1]

[1] See Felton correspondence, McDonnell to Felton Bequest Committee, letter no. 109, 18 May 1955. Acquired with Daubigny (3261-4) and Rousseau (3260-4).


 

Frame

Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century
Materials

timber, composition, gold leaf

Frame Condition

distressed

Colourmen

Colourman
VIEILLE
Location of stamp
Right of centre reverse of panel
Transcript
VIEILLE/Mn.DE COULEURS/Rentoile et Restaurer Tableaux/Rue Laval 35. PARIS
Medium
Ink stamp
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