Henri Joseph Harpignies (1819-1916)
Intérieur de bois sur la Loire: trees in a landscape
signed and dated 'HJ Harpignies 97' (lower left)
oil on panel
46 x 27 cm.
Henri Joseph Harpignies (1819-1916)
Intérieur de bois sur la Loire: trees in a landscape
signed and dated 'HJ Harpignies 97' (lower left)
oil on panel
46 x 27 cm.
Sir Leicester Harmsworth; his Sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 1937, lot 37.
The Beaux Arts Gallery, London.
Peto Collection, 1960.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 9 July 1971, lot 192.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 25 May 1984.
Kunsthandel Gebroeders Douwes, Amsterdam, November-December 1985, inv.no. 58, as: An abyss in the forest.
Anonymous sale, Glerum, The Hague, 21 October 1991, where acquired by the forefather of the present owner.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, French Impressionists and English Paintings and Sculpture from the Peto Collection, 1960, cat.no. 37.
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