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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.195
People
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, French (Bordeaux 1807 - 1876 Menton)
Title
Storm Clouds over a Field
Other Titles
Former Title: Trees in a Field
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/364458

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor with graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
17.2 × 25.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Signed, recto, lower left, brown ink: n.D

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold, [through unidentified dealer or collector, Paris]; to Mr. Borland, 1860, by descent; to the Abbot family, Boston, by descent; to the Batchelder family, sold [through Childs Gallery, Boston, as "Trees in a Field"]; to Victor Carlson, 1974, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Victor I. Carlson
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.195
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alain De Leiris and Carol Hynning Smith, From Delacroix to Cézanne: French Watercolor Landscapes of the Nineteenth Century, exh. cat., University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland, 1977), p. 111, cat. no. 47, illus. p. 149

Exhibition History

  • From Delacroix to Cezanne: French Watercolors of the Nineteenth Century, University of Maryland Art Gallery, 10/26/1977 - 12/04/1977; Speed Art Museum, 01/09/1978 - 02/19/1978; University of Michigan Museum of Art, 04/01/1978 - 05/14/1978

Verification Level

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