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Mountainous Landscape with Snow-Capped Peaks in the Distance

Mountainous Landscape with Snow-Capped Peaks in the Distance

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Mountainous Landscape with Snow-Capped Peaks in the Distance
ArtistFrench, 1804–1876
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Mountainous Landscape with Snow-Capped Peaks in the Distance
Datec.1845–1876
MediumGouache, watercolor, and scraping on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 4 3/4 × 6 9/16 in. (12 × 16.7 cm)
 Frame: 10 5/8 × 12 1/2 × 1 in. (27 × 31.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jacquelyn Barish, Carol Lynne Werner, Leslie and Jack Blanton Jr., and Wynne Phelan at Art + Paper 2026
Object number2026.245
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, by 1876; by descent to Maurice Dudevant (1823-1889, also known as Maurice Sand), son of the artist; by descent to his daughter, Aurore Sand (1866-1961); G. Morssen, Paris, to 1962; Gabriel Forest, from 1962; Private collection, Paris; [Jill Newhouse LLC, New York, by 2026]; purchased by MFAH, 2026.
Exhibition Historynone known
Published References none known Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Initialed in graphite, top right corner: GS
Verso: [inaccessible]
none known
Catalogue raisonnénone

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