The Edge of the Forest at Les Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau

1868

Narcisse Diaz de la Peña

Associated Names
Narcisse Diaz de la Peña

Painter, French, 1807 - 1876

This painting shows a woodland scene with dense trees on the right side, their white and brown trunks twisting upwards and their leaves in shades of dark green, yellow ochre, and rusty orange. In the bottom left corner, a small reflective body of water is visible behind dark stones nearby. Behind the water is a low green meadow with tall grass, and in the distance there are more tall trees and some white buildings with red roofs. The horizon is visible on the left, separating the ground from the blue sky. There are bright white clouds near the horizon, but in the upper left corner are dark gray clouds.

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery 93


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 97.8 x 125.5 cm (38 1/2 x 49 7/16 in.)
    framed: 119.4 x 150.8 x 8.9 cm (47 x 59 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.37.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Staats Forbes [1823-1904], London. Private collection, England; (Richard L. Feigen and Co., New York); purchased 24 April 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • 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. 94.

Inscriptions

lower left: N. DIAZ. 1868

Wikidata ID

Q20188706

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