Landscape with Twin Trees

Landscape with Twin Trees

about 1845-1860
Artist
Gustave Courbet, French, 1819-1877
Born: Ornans, France
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1974.351
Credit Line
The T. Edward and Tullah Hanley Memorial Gift for the People of Denver and the area

Gustave Courbet, Landscape with Twin Trees, about 1845–50. Oil paint on canvas; 31 1/4 × 25 1/8 in. (79.4 × 63.8 cm). The Edward and Tullah Hanley Memorial Gift to the people of Denver and the area, 1974.351

Dimensions
image height: 31.25 in, 79.3750 cm; image width: 25.125 in, 63.8175 cm; frame height: 39.5 in, 100.3300 cm; frame width: 33.25 in, 84.4550 cm; frame depth: 2.5 in, 6.3500 cm
Inscription
[lower left] G. Courbet
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Collection of Fernand Goossens, Professor of Fine Arts, University of Brussels. (LeRoy Ireland [1889–1970], New York), no. 301. Purchase, T. Edward Hanley [1893–1969], February 17, 1940; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1974.
Exhibition History
  • "Selections from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. T. Edward Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania"—Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection, NY, 01/03/1967–03/12/1967, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 04/06–05/28/1967, Denver Art Museum, 02/22/1968–04/30/1968
  • "Works from the Hanley Collection at Canisius College"—Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, 11/23/1969–12/23/1969
  • "Painting in Paris, 1840–1950"—Denver Art Museum, 01/30/1993–05/30/1993, Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 07/30/1993–09/12/1993, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 09/17/1993–11/28/1993
  • "Nature as Muse: Impressionist Landscapes from the Frederic C. Hamilton Collection and the Denver Art Museum"—Denver Art Museum, 10/27/2013 - 02/09/2014