Calm Sea

Provenance

Private collection, France. (Galerie Nathan, Zurich), by 1962;[1] sold May 1965 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA. [1] Lent by Fritz and Peter Nathan to an exhibition in Bern in 1962. A letter dated 26 April 1999 from the Galerie Nathan, in NGA curatorial files, indicates that they have no additional documentation on the picture.

Calm Sea

Courbet, Gustave

1866

Accession Number

1985.64.10

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 54.1 x 63.9 cm (21 5/16 x 25 3/16 in.) | framed: 69.9 x 80.3 x 5.1 cm (27 1/2 x 31 5/8 x 2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon