Le Pavillon de la Marée aux Halles-Centrales de Paris
Artist
Victor Gabriel Gilbert
(French, 1847 - 1933)
CultureFrench
Date1881
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions36 × 48 in. (91.4 × 121.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 40 × 54 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (101.6 × 138.4 × 6.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 40 × 54 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (101.6 × 138.4 × 6.4 cm)
SignedIt is signed Victor Gilbert and dated 1881 in the lower left.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2022.18
Not on view
DescriptionThis oil on canvas is a genre painting of a client shopping for fish in the market of Les Halles in Paris. It has an ornate gilded frame.ProvenancePrivate collection, Newcastle, U.K. Sale, Christie’s, London, November 24, 1898. Private collection, France. Purchased by Chrysler Museum of Art at Christie's, Paris, May 18, 2022 (Sale "Maîtres Anciens - Dessins, Peintures, Sculptures," lot 249).Published ReferencesE. Montrosier, Victor Gilbert, Les Artistes moderne (Paris: 1884), 27.
Préfecture de Police de Paris, Service de l'Identité Judiciaire
January 1910
