Clearing in a Forest
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
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)
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.
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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