Landscape with Cattle
about 1845–185017 x 22 1/2 in. (43.18 x 57.15 cm)
Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889)
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Bequest of Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft
Accession Number:
1931.427
Currently on View in:
Fields & Flowers (11)
Exhibition History
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cranbrook Academy of Art. Light and the Painter, September 5–28, 1952, no. 25.Ohio. Cincinnati Museum Center. Borrowed Gems from the Taft Museum of Art, July 23, 2021–February 21, 2022.
Gallery Label
Cattle drink from a pond, their bodies reflected in the still water. A herdsman wearing a black hat stands with them near the shore. In the distance, several more cows graze and rest in the shade of majestic trees. The entire scene glows with golden light. While apprenticing to a porcelain decorator as a teenager, Jules Dupré began painting in nature. He eventually dedicated himself to landscape painting, specializing in views of the French countryside.
Provenance
Acquired by Ernest Cronier; (consigned to Galerie George Petit, Paris); sold, December 4, 1905 (no. 64 as La Mare). (Acquired by Arnold and Tripp, London); purchased by Charles Phelps Taft [1843-1929] and Anna Sinton Taft [1850-1931], Cincinnati, OH, before 1920; donated to the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH, May 21, 1927 [1]; transferred to the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, September 1, 2006 [2].Notes:
[1]. The Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts (CIFA) was formed by Charles Phelps Taft and Anna Sinton Taft on March 22, 1927 as a non-profit corporation to stimulate the development of art and music in the City of Cincinnati and run the Taft Museum of Art, which opened in 1932. The Tafts offered $1 million for a permanent endowment fund, on the condition that the community raise $2.5 million in matching funds, which was achieved by December 3, 1928. [2]. Until August 31, 2006, the Museum was owned by CIFA, administered by CIFA’s Board of Trustees, and governed by the Taft Museum Board of Overseers. On September 1, 2006, the Museum legally separated from CIFA and began operations as its own incorporated 501(c)(3) entity. This separate incorporation led to the transfer to the separate entity after August 31, 2006 of all tangible assets comprising the Taft collection.
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