Return from the Hunt
1860/1861
Artist, French, 1824 - 1886
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 52.07 × 102.87 cm (20 1/2 × 40 1/2 in.)
framed: 85.73 × 136.53 × 15.88 cm (33 3/4 × 53 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.32
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Commissioned by Léon Chave [1822-1899], Marseille;[1] by inheritance to the Chave family, Marseille;[2] sold c. 1914 to William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York;[3] bequest April 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] According to André M. Alauzen and Pierre Ripert, the painting was commissioned on the occasion of Chave's marriage. See Alauzen and Ripert, Monticelli: Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre, Paris, 1969. The painting's stretcher is stamped "L. Chave, Marseilles, Cours due Chapitre 27."
[2] According to Dana H. Carroll, Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue, unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 199, no. 246, Clark acquired the painting from "T. Martin-Chave." It is possible that Clark was referring to Chave's daughter, Isabelle Martin-Chave, and her husband.
[3] This painting was one of three that Clark purchased from the Chave family; see letter of 12 August 1960 from Pierre Ripert, in NGA curatorial files. According to Alauzen and Ripert, Clark purchased the painting through the dealers Gill and Boyer; see note 1.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1861
Probably Salon de Marseilles, 1861.
1978
The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April - 16 July 1978, unnumbered catalogue.
1989
The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings; Montana Historical Center, Helena, 1989, unnumbered checklist.
2022
Renoir: Rococo Revival, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, 2022, no. 13, repro.
Bibliography
1925
Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part I. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 199, no. 246.
Inscriptions
lower left: A. Monticelli / 1855[1]
Wikidata ID
Q46628812