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Cows and Cowherd
Constant Troyon (French, 1810–1865)
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
50.5 x 68.2 cm (19 7/8 x 26 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number64.131
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsStamped, lower left: V E N T E / T R O Y O N
ProvenanceJanuary 22 - February 1, 1866, Troyon estate sale, Hotel Druout, Paris, lot 161, sold to M. Bloche [see note 1]. Horatio Lamb (b. 1850 - d. 1926) and Annie Lawrence (Rotch) Lamb (b. 1857 – d. 1950), Boston; by descent to their daughters, Aimée Lamb (b. 1893 – d. 1989) and Rosamond Lamb (b. 1898 – d. 1989), Boston; 1964, gift of Aimée Lamb and Rosamond Lamb to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 12, 1964)
NOTES:
[1] Titled in the sale "Vache conduit par un paysan, effet de soleil couchant." Buyer information is according to Arthur Hustin, Constant Troyon, Paris, 1893, p. 66.
NOTES:
[1] Titled in the sale "Vache conduit par un paysan, effet de soleil couchant." Buyer information is according to Arthur Hustin, Constant Troyon, Paris, 1893, p. 66.