File:The Seine at Giverny.JPG

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Oscar-Claude Monet
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	14 November 1840	6 December 1926
Location of birth/death	Paris	Giverny
Work location	Paris, Argenteuil, Vétheuil, Poissy, Giverny
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

English: The Seine at Giverny

Deutsch: Die Seine bei Giverny

Polski: Sekwana w okolicach Giverny

Description

English: The paint here, although it is often thickly applied on the canvas, gives the impression of transparency, like thin veils of mist.

Date

1897

Medium

oil on canvas

Current location

National Gallery of Art

East Bldg, Upr Lvl Gal 406B (Pod 2), the museum located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Accession number

INV. No. 1963.10.180

Object history

Sold by the artist to James F. Sutton [d. 1915], New York; by inheritance to his wife; (Sutton sale, American Art Association, New York, 26 October 1933, no. 72); purchased by George Roberts for Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA. (Dale acquisition source according to copies of Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial files.)

Notes

Signature bottom left: Claude Monet

References

Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 92
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 93, repro.
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 81, repro.
Wildenstein 1974, no. 1494.
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 242, repro.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 491, no. 726, colour repro.
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 278, repro.

Catalogue raisonné:

W1494: Wildenstein (1974) Catalogue raisonné Claude Monet, no. 1494

Source/Photographer

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