Updated 21 November 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Farmer's Family
Date | c. 1918 |
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Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
Size(cm) | 46 x 38.5 |
Inscriptions | Signed lower left: L. Lhermitte |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | Le Pelley Fonteny 243; M666 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.1959-0124 |
Provenance
Purchased by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe through Léonce Bénédite, ca. July 1919 [see letter from Suzuki & Co. to Léonce Bénédite, dated 26 July 1919, in the Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris (copy in NMWA curatorial file)]; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.
Exhibition History
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 0 1924 - 0 1924, cat. p. 181, no. 57
- 1989
- , Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, p.34, col. repr.
- 1996
- Découverte de Barbizon, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 5 January 1996 - 12 February 1996, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, 22 February-24 March, cat. no. 47, col. repr.
- 1998
- Return to Nature: J.F.Millet, the Barbizon artists, and the Renewal of the Rural Tradition, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 26 September 1998 - 6 December 1998, cat. no. Ⅵ-10, col. repr.
- 2007
- Gods and Nature: The Essence of European Art from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Himeji City Museum of Art, 4 November 2007 - 2 December 2007, cat. no. 7
- 2007
- Gods and Nature: The Essence of European Art from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Matsumoto City Museum of Art, 11 December 2007 - 3 February 2008, cat. no. 7
- 2012
- [Traveling Exhibitions presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2012] Modern European Art: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Ibara Municipal Denchu Art Museum (Okayama), 5 October 2012 - 25 November 2012, 25
- 2017
- [Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017] Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 22 April 2017 - 2 July 2017, Akita Museum of Modern Art, 15 July-18 September, cat. no. 17
Bibliography
- 1924
- XIVª Esposizione internazionale d'arte della città di Venezia, 1924: Catalogo, 2nd ed., [Venezia, 1924], p. 179, cat. no. 57
- 1961
- Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-179.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of Paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 158, repr.
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 955.
- 1995
- Découverte de Barbizon (exh. cat.). Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; Kitakyushu municipal museum of art, eds. [Tokyo], Asahi Shimbun, 1995, pp. 60, 174, 200, 205, cat. no. 47, col. repr.
- 1998
- Return to Nature: J.F.Millet, the Barbizon Artists, and the Renewal of Tradition (exh. cat.). Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, ed. [Kofu], Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1998, pp. 313, 322, 334, cat. no. VI-10, repr.
- 2018
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 1: Paintings, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 666, col. repr.