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Picnic after the Hunt
Nicolas Lancretprobably c. 1735/1740
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Picnic after the Hunt
- Creator: Nicolas Lancret
- Date Created: probably c. 1735/1740
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 61.5 x 74.8 cm (24 3/16 x 29 7/16 in.) framed: 84 x 98 x 8.9 cm (33 1/16 x 38 9/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Friedrich II, King of Prussia [1712-1786], Potsdam;[1] by descent in the imperial Hohenzollern family to Kaiser Wilhelm II [1859-1941], Berlin;[2] sold 1923 to (Wildenstein & Co., Paris, New York, and London); sold December 1946 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1952 to NGA. [1] The painting is included in Matthieu Österreich, _Descriptions de tout l'intérieur des deux palais de Sans-Souci, de ceux de Potsdam et de Charlottenbourg_, 1773 [1990]: no. 556. [2] Two labels on an old backing board removed from the painting read "N. Palais 16032" and "Gen. Kat. No 5299." The latter corresponds to inv. no. GK 1 5299, Generalkatalog of the imperial collection, compiled in the late 19th century, information kindly provided by Dr. Christoph M. Vogtherr, curator of paintings, Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam, 13 April 1999, letter to Nancy Yeide (NGA curatorial files). [3] See The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2265.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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