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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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View in the Stables of the Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli

François Marius Granet  (French, Aix-en-Provence 1775–1849 Aix-en-Provence)

Date:
ca. 1805–10
Medium:
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions:
10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (26.7 x 22.2 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2007
Accession Number:
2007.164.3

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 806

  • Provenance

    [Galerie Lestranger, Paris, in 2004]; Eugene Victor Thaw, Santa Fe (by 2006–7)

  • Exhibition History

    Paris. Galerie Lestranger. "Amoris Causa: Trophées des peintres voyageurs 1750–1850," October 15–November 23, 2004, no. 17.

  • References

    Jérôme Binda in Amoris Causa: Trophées des peintres voyageurs 1750–1850. Exh. cat., Galerie Lestranger. Paris, 2004, pp. 92–95, no. 17, ill. (color), dates it 1805–10, based on a comparison with the Granet painting "Henri IV, égaré, entre dans une forge et reçoit à boire du forgeron" (Musée national du Château de Pau).

    Esther Bell. "Catalogue Raisonné of the Thaw Collection." Studying Nature: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection. New York, 2011, p. 128, no. 79, ill. (color), calls it "View in the Stables of Maecenas, Tivoli" and dates it ca. 1805–10.



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