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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.120
People
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, French (Bordeaux 1807 - 1876 Menton)
Title
Landscape
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Paysage
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1867
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228742

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
16.8 x 24.4 cm (6 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
frame: 41.8 x 49.5 x 9.5 cm (16 7/16 x 19 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: N. Diaz [1867?]
  • inscription: on back of frame, in graphite: XV [written twice]
  • inscription: on back of frame, in graphite: Ruel
  • label: on back of frame, handwritten in black ink: Diaz no. 6[ ] / Paysage / MMSS
  • inscription: on back of panel, in graphite: D.R.N.Y. / 672
  • inscription: on back of panel, in black crayon: A935
  • label: on back of panel, printed and handwritten: [printed:] Durand-Ruel / Paris, 16, Rue Laffitte / New York 315 Fifth Avenue / [handwritten:] Diaz no. 672 / Paysage / A935 / MMSS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris]. Allston Burr, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Allston Burr
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.120
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 105; repr. as no. 297
  • Eric M. Rosenberg and Miriam Stewart, The Harvest of 1830: The Barbizon Legacy, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), pp. 6-7

Exhibition History

  • The Harvest of 1830: the Barbizon Legacy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/1990 - 10/21/1990

Verification Level

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