Constant Troyon
The Bathers (Clearing in the Forest)

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Artist Constant Troyon French, 1810–1865

CultureFrench

Titles

The Bathers (Clearing in the Forest)

Date1842

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions62 3/4 × 91 3/8 in. (159.4 × 232 cm.)
frame: 73 3/4 × 101 5/8 × 4 7/16 in. (187.3 × 258.1 × 11.3 cm.)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund

Object number94.6

Not on view

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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ProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by Daniel Wilson, early 1840s; his sale [Hotel Drouot, March 12, 1873]; anonymous sale [Christie's, London, July 11, 1899, Lot #74]; purchased by Whitemarsh; Charles Neck; his sale [Christie's, London, May 13, 1905, Lot #43]; purchased by [Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London]; anonymous sale [Christie's, London, May 29, 1953, Lot #105]; purchased by Richter; André Watteau, Paris, 1972; [Christie's, London, June 30, 1992, Lot #138]; [Christie's, London, May 27, 1993, Lot #167]; [Richard L. Feigen and Company, London]; purchased by MFAH,1994.
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