Forest Scene

1874

Narcisse Diaz de la Peña

Associated Names
Narcisse Diaz de la Peña

Artist, French, 1807 - 1876

The painting depicts a forest floor under tall trees, with a grassy path leading into the distance. The sky is obscured by dense green foliage and tree limbs. Rocks and shrubs are visible on the ground, and the forest stretches into the distance. The trees are dark brown, with patches of white suggesting dappled light coming in through the branches above. The leaves and ground are mostly dark green, with some patches of brown, lighter green, and yellow.

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G21

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32 x 44 x 1.3 cm (12 5/8 x 17 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
    framed: 59.1 x 71.8 x 7 cm (23 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.1.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Staats Forbes [1823-1904], London, no. 382; (Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris); sold 22 May 1905 to (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris); sold 8 January 1910 to Walter G. Jennings, New York; returned 9 April 1912 to (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York, and Paris);[1] sold 7 June 1912 to R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York;[2] gift 1949 to NGA.
[1] For early provenance, see Knoedler Stock Book 5, page 108, row 4, stock no. 10729, as Sous Bois (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles), and Knoedler Stock Book 6, page 14, row 12, stock no. 12819, as Underbrush, Forest of Fontainebleau (Getty Research Institute), copies in NGA curatorial records.
[2] Knoedler Stock Book 6, page 25, row 7, stock no. 12819 as Underbrush (Getty Research Institute) and Gallatin acquisitions notebooks, NGA Gallery Archives, copies in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • Opening exhibition and loan for display with permanent collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1968-1969, no cat.

2008

  • In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2008, no. 19, repro.

  • In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 2008, no. 19.

Bibliography

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 41.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 35, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 106, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 130, repro.

2000

  • Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 239-241, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: N. Diaz - 74 -

Wikidata ID

Q20188773

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