The Forresters/The Woodsmen
Artist
Gustave Courbet
CultureFrench
DateNo Date
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 45 1/4 x 29 in. (114.9 x 73.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 54 1/4 x 38 in. (137.8 x 96.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 54 1/4 x 38 in. (137.8 x 96.5 cm)
InscribedSigned front lower left: "G. Courbet"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.603
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas painting depicting two men. Provenanceart market, Emil Barre, Paris; collection Baron Béthonière, Paris; auction, by 1915, auction, American Art Association, New York, April 1892, no. 149; collection P. A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, PA; Scott and Charles F. Fowles, New York; A. Luders, New York; by 1949, art market, Julius H. Weitzner, New York; 1950, collection Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. (from Weitzner for $4,000); 1971, CMA, gift of WPC, Jr.Exhibition HistoryDayton Art Institute, 1959; American Federation of Arts, 1963.
