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Exhibition Checklist Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC | nga.gov Mailing address: 2000 South Club Drive, Landover, MD 20785 Updated 9/14/2021 at 4:27:49 PM True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870 Feb 2–Nov 29, 2020 Press Release: https://www.nga.gov/press/exhibitions/exhibitions-2019/5175.html Order Press Images: https://www.nga.gov/press/exhibitions/exhibitions-2019/5175/images.html Press Contact: Isabella Bulkeley phone: (202) 842-6864 e-mail: [email protected] Cat. No. 1 / Object ID: 5175-121 Fleury François Richard (Fleury-Richard) Artiste en costume Renaissance dessinant dans les arènes de Nîmes/ An Artist in a Renaissance Costume Sketching in the Arena of Nîmes, 1822 (?) oil on paper, mounted on canvas paper: 32.4 x 24.4 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.) cardboard: 33.8 x 26 cm (13 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.) framed: 45 x 37.5 x 41.2 cm (17 11/16 x 14 3/4 x 16 1/4 in.) Private Collection, London Cat. No. 2 / Object ID: 5175-016 Jules Coignet View of Bozen with a Painter, 1837 oil on paper, mounted on canvas overall: 31 x 39 cm (12 3/16 x 15 3/8 in.) framed: 43.8 x 51.4 x 5.1 cm (17 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 2 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. John Jay Ide in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Donner Cat. No. 3 / Object ID: 5175-035 Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny Young Man Reclining on the Downs, 1833 - 35 oil on paper, mounted on canvas overall: 21.6 x 45.2 cm (8 1/2 x 17 13/16 in.) The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge (C) The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Cat. No. 4 / Object ID: 5175-018 André Giroux Forest Interior with a Waterfall, Papigno, 1825/30 oil on paper overall: 29.5 x 44.5 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.) framed: 42.6 x 57.5 x 5.6 cm (16 3/4 x 22 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. John Jay Ide in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Donner 1 True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870 Cat. No. 5 / Object ID: 5175-123 Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont Vues de Pyrénées/ Views of the Pyrenees, 1790 - 1870 oil on paper, mounted on wood panel paper: 22 x 30.7 cm (8 11/16 x 12 1/16 in.) panel: 22.6 x 31.7 cm (8 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.) paper: 14.6 x 19.1 cm (5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) panel: 15.2 x 19.6 cm (6 x 7 11/16 in.) paper: 22.3 x 30.7 cm (8 3/4 x 12 1/16 in.) panel: 22.9 x 31.3 cm (9 x 12 5/16 in.) paper: 31 x 22.5 cm (12 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.) panel: 31.3 x 22.9 cm (12 5/16 x 9 in.) paper: 30.7 x 24.2 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.) panel: 31.4 x 24.6 cm (12 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.) paper: 30.7 x 22.4 cm (12 1/16 x 8 13/16 in.) panel: 31.5 x 22.3 cm (12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.) paper: 23.7 x 30.7 cm (9 5/16 x 12 1/16 in.) panel: 24.2 x 31.2 cm (9 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.) paper: 23.5 x 14.2 cm (9 1/4 x 5 9/16 in.) panel: 24 x 14.7 cm (9 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.) paper: 23.4 x 30.4 cm (9 3/16 x 11 15/16 in.) panel: 24.2 x 31.2 cm (9 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.) framed: 95 x 100 x 4 cm (37 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.) Private Collection, London Cat. No. 7 / Object ID: 5175-036 Eugène Decan Corot at his Easel, Crécy-en-Brie, oil on canvas overall: 31.1 x 40.3 cm (12 1/4 x 15 7/8 in.) The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge (C) The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Cat. No. 8 / Object ID: 5175-017 André Giroux Forest Interior with a Painter, Civita Castellana, 1825-30 oil on paper overall: 29 x 44 cm (11 7/16 x 17 5/16 in.) framed: 42.2 x 59.4 x 5.4 cm (16 5/8 x 23 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. John Jay Ide in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Donner Cat. No. 9 / Object ID: 5175-108 Anonymous French (?), 1st half 19th century Study of a Tree, oil on paper, mounted on cardboard Paper: 34.7 x 26.7 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/2) Cardboard: 35 x 26.9 cm (13 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.) framed: 49.8 x 42.4 x 4.6 cm (19 5/8 x 16 11/16 x 1 13/16 in.) Private Collection, London Cat. No. 10 / Object ID: 5175-140 Robert-Léopold Leprince Study of Trees, c. 1820 oil on paper, mounted on canvas overall: 26.2 x 22.7 cm (10 5/16 x 8 15/16 in.) framed: 44 x 40.7 x 5 cm (17 5/16 x 16 x 1 15/16 in.) Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris. Gift Catherine Sterling, Tinos (Greece) Cat. No. 11 / Object ID: 5175-149 Joseph Mallord William Turner A Beech Wood with Gypsies seated in the Distance, c. 1799-1801 oil on paper, mounted on panel overall: 27.6 x 19.9 cm (10 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.) The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge 2 True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870 Cat. No. 12 / Object ID: 5175-148 Joseph Mallord William Turner A Beech Wood with Gypsies round a Campfire, c. 1799-1801 oil on paper, mounted on panel overall: 27.6 x 19.9 cm (10 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.) The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Cat. No. 13 / Object ID: 5175-052 attributed to François Diday Uprooted Tree, 1802 - 1877 oil on canvas overall: 21.6 x 29.3 cm (8 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.) framed: 31.7 x 40.2 x 1.3 cm (12 1/2 x 15 13/16 x 1/2 in.) Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris Cat. No. 14 / Object ID: 5175-050 Anton Sminck Pitloo Study of a Fallen Dead Tree, c. 1820-30 oil on paper, mounted on cardboard overall: 28.1 x 38.2 cm (11 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.) framed: 37.8 x 48.4 x 2.7 cm (14 7/8 x 19 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.) Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris Cat. No. 15 / Object ID: 5175-139 Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes Study of a Tree in the Bois de Boulogne, c. 1790 oil on paper, mounted on cardboard overall: 33.9 x 25.6 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.) framed: 42.8 x 34.8 x 3.2 cm (16 7/8 x 13 11/16 x 1 1/4 in.) Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris. Gift en lieu de succession by Jérôme Binda, Tinos (Greece) Cat. No. 16 / Object ID: 5175-138 Simon Denis Trees in Front of a Valley, 1755 - 1812 oil on canvas overall: 68.8 x 91.1 cm (27 1/16 x 35 7/8 in.) framed: 87.9 x 110.5 x 8 cm (34 5/8 x 43 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.) Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris Cat. No. 17 / Object ID: 5175-147 John Constable East Bergholt, 1808 oil on millboard overall: 16.6 x 25.25 cm (6 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.) The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Cat. No. 19 / Object ID: 5175-022 Achille-Etna Michallon The Oak and the Reed, 1816 oil on canvas overall: 43.5 x 53.5 cm (17 1/8 x 21 1/16 in.) framed: 51.8 x 63.2 x 8.7 cm (20 3/8 x 24 7/8 x 3 7/16 in.) The Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge 3 True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe, 1780–1870 Cat. No. 20 / Object ID: 5175-048 Fritz Petzholdt Tree Crowns in a Forest (Ariccia?), c. 1832 oil on paper paper: 34.6 x 51.8 cm (13 5/8 x 20 3/8 in.) canvas: 35.4 x 52.6 cm (13 15/16 x 20 11/16 in.) framed: 45.1 x 62.3 x 5.6 cm (17 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.) Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris. Gift John Schlichte Bergen and Alexandra van Nierop, Amsterdam Cat. No. 21 / Object ID: 5175-047 Janus La Cour Olive Trees near Tivoli, 1869 oil on canvas overall: 37.4 x 60.5 cm (14 3/4 x 23 13/16 in.) framed: 49.1 x 72.2 x 3.5 cm (19 5/16 x 28 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.) Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris Cat.
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