The Frog Pond

Provenance

(Wilhelm Schaus Gallery, New York), at least in 1879.[1] Charles A. Dana [1819-1897], New York. (sale, American Art Association, at Chickering Hall, New York, 10 April 1900, no. 77); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); sold April 1900 to William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York;[2] bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art. [1] "Notes," _The Art Journal_ 5, n.s. (November 1879): 352, discussing the exhibition of the painting at the Schaus Gallery. Hermann Schaus took over his uncle's business in 1886, but continued to use the original name even after his uncle's death in 1895. [2] See Knoedler Stock Book 5, stock no. 9172, p. 23, row 14. The date of Knoedler's purchase is unclear. According to Knoedler's stockbook, the company acquired the painting on 2 April 1900 and sold it to Clark on 10 April of the same year. However, the Knoedler record also notes that the painting was purchased at the American Art Association sale which was on 10 April 1900. According to Arthur Hoeber, _The Barbizon Painters: Being the Story of the Men of Thirty_, New York, 1915: 133, the work was still in Knoedler's possession at the time of publication.

The Frog Pond

Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse

1876

Accession Number

2015.19.27

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 78.74 × 104.14 cm (31 × 41 in.) | framed: 110.49 × 135.89 × 12.7 cm (43 1/2 × 53 1/2 × 5 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)