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Title:Extensive landscape prospect with a fortified building on hill in the background (recto); Study of a landscape and a female figure (verso)
Artist:Antoine Chintreuil (1814–1873)
Date:mid-19th century
Medium:Watercolor
Dimensions:Sheet: 6 x 9 3/16 in. (15.3 x 23.4cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Gift of Alexander and Gregoire Tarnopol, 1969
Object Number:69.165.1
Signature: Pen and gray ink, lower left corner: A. Chintreuil
Inscription: Graphite, lower right: Bourroux
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings Recently Acquired, 1969–1971," January 18–April 16, 1972.
Paris. Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre. "Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York de David à Picasso," October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Nineteenth Century French Drawings and Prints," June 23–August 23, 1981.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Landscapes by French Artists, 1780–1880," November 17, 1987–February 14, 1988.
Jacob Bean Drawings Recently Acquired, 1969-1971. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (January 18 - April 16). New York, 1972, cat. no. 62, p. 26.
Jacob Bean, Linda Boyer Gillies, Cynthia Lambros, Roseline Bacou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: de David à Picasso 54th Exposition de Cabinet des Dessins Musée du Louvre, 25 octobre 1973–7 janvier 1974. Paris, 1973, cat. no. 13, ill.
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