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The Path of Nature: Collecting Off the Beaten Path

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Collector Wheelock Whitney discusses interest in art collecting, his acquisition history, and his travels. Whitney focused on collecting French landscape paintings at a time when few others were, which allowed him to build a unique group of artworks.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Path of Nature: French Paintings from the Wheelock Whitney Collection, 1785–1850, on view January 22–April 21, 2013.

Recorded February 10, 2013

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Jean-Richard Goubie  (French, Paris 1842–1899 Paris)

Date:
1872
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 43 1/2 in. (76.2 x 110.5 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900
Accession Number:
25.110.54

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110000982

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