Clearing in a Forest

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Maker


1807-1876

Title

Clearing in a Forest

Date of Production

1874

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 38.8 cm (panel)
Width: 57.2 cm (panel)

Object Number

P.1978.PG.94

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

The branches of two oak trees form a natural arch through which we glimpse a clearing where a heavily burdened woman is caught in patch of sunlight.

With its rustic subject matter and its broad painterly technique, visible particularly in the foreground, this work is typical of the Barbizon School. This was an informal group of painters who worked in the forest of Fontainebleau outside Paris.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed and dated : lower left & recto : : N.Diaz - 74 -

Provenance

Princes Gate Bequest 1978

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