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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PAINTING

ProvenanceSold at auction on July 11, 1899 by an anonymous seller at Christie's, London to Whitemarsh. Lot #74, 1300 gns.

Sold at auction, May 13, 1905 by Charles Neck at Christie's, London to Agnew. Lot #43, 300 gns.

Sold at auction, May 29, 1953, by an anonymous seller at Christie's, London to Richter. Lot #105, 125 gns.

1972; André Watteau; Paris France; action not specified.

Sold at auction, June 30, 1992, at Christie's, London. Lot #138

Sold at Christie's Auction House, May 27, 1993 for $222,500; lot #167.

Richard L. Feigen and Company,London, from there purchased by the museum on January 24, 1994.
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