Gustave Courbet
La Grotte de la Loue
c. 186598.4 x 130.4 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: Gustave Courbet
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Charles L. Lindemann
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 641
Provenance
Sold February 1872 by Courbet to Paul Durand-Ruel
with Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris
Emile de Girardin (1806-1881), Paris
his estate sale, Paris, 24 May 1883, nr. 8, as La Grotte
with Stephen Higgins, Paris
sold 28 December 1956 to Germain Seligmann/Gersel Corp., New York
with Jacques Seligmann & Company, New York
sold 1957 to Brigadier General Charles Lionel Lindemann, Washington, D.C.
gift 1957 to NGA
Other works by Gustave Courbet
The Cellist (Self-Portrait)
1847
1847
Jo, La Belle Irlandaise
1865-66
1865-66
Burial at Ornans
1849-50
1849-50
Man with the Leather Belt (Portrait of the Artist)
1845-46?
1845-46?
Reclining Nude
1865/66
1865/66