Download image:
Simon Denis
1755-1813
A Cowherd and Cows in a Landscape
1805
Black chalk on blue paper.
6 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (430 x 303 mm)
Gift of Mr. Wheelock Whitney III.
1993.8:14
Notes:
Watermark: Coat of arms with crossed leaves and stylized crown, with three fleur-de-lis inside. Watermark
Inscription:
Signed with initial and dated at lower right, D. 1805. Inscribed on verso Le bleu du ciel pur et vif, les nuages vivement eclairés / le moment apres la pluie / dans le fond des peupliers et un noier doré. / l'homme apuie contre un platane / a cote un vieu chene / la vache principale d'un ton doré vif, elle joue avec le chien / la vache couchée vue par derriere noir noir celle qui dort / rouge fouré.
Provenance:
Simon Denis (1755-1813); by descent through the artist's family; sale Sotheby's, Monaco, 18-19 June 1992, part of lot 180; Galerie Fischer Kiener, Paris; Wheelock Whitney, New York.
Associated names:
Whitney, Wheelock, 1949-, former owner.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
School:
Century:
Classification:
Department: