Claude Monet: Windmills Near Zaandam
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Artist |
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Title |
Windmills Near Zaandam |
Object type |
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Description |
English: Following his exile in England during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), Monet stopped in Zaandam, a picturesque town near Amsterdam, from May through October of 1871. During his stay, he painted about 20 small views of the town and its environs. In this example, a lone girl walks along the footpath between Oostzaan and Zaandam. By limiting the range of colors, Monet conveys the atmosphere of an overcast day. Similar muted colors were found in the works of the contemporary Netherlandish landscape painters known as The Hague school. |
Depicted place |
Zaandam |
Date |
1871 date QS:P571,+1871-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 40 cm (15.7 in); width: 72 cm (28.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,40U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,72U174728 ; with frame: height: 73.9 cm (29.1 in); width: 106.8 cm (42 in); depth: 14.6 cm (5.7 in)dimensions QS:P2048,73.98U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,106.84U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,14.61U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number |
37.894 |
Place of creation |
Zaandam |
Object history |
- Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, January 18, 1873, no. 45 ["Moulins de Zaandam"(?)]
- Portier, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [ Boussod Valadon et Cie as agent]
- Guyotin, Paris, 1887, by purchase
- Erwin Davis, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Durand-Ruel, 1899 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1909, by purchase
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history |
- From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1951.
- Parallels and Precedents: Baltimore's George A. Lucas Collection. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1995.
- Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection, The Walters Art Gallery, 1998
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- Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton. 2000-2002.
- A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Walters Art Museum, 16 June 2002–25 May 2003, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 28 June 2003–2 September 2003, Mint Museum of Art
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- The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005.
- Inspiring Impressionism. High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Denver Art Museum, Denver; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle. 2007-2008.
- The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh. 2008-2009.
- 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. 2010-2011.
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Credit line |
Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1909 |
Inscriptions |
Signature bottom right:
Claude Monet
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References |
Catalogue raisonné:
- W170: Wildenstein (1974) Catalogue raisonné Claude Monet , no. 170
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Source |
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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