The Aqueduct at Marly
The Aqueduct at Marly | |
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Artist | Alfred Sisley |
Year | 1874 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 54.3 cm × 81.3 cm (21.4 in × 32.0 in)[1] |
Location | Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio |
The Aqueduct at Marly or The Aqueduct at Louveciennes is an 1874 painting by Alfred Sisley. It was bought from the artist by Paul Durand-Ruel in 1876 before being acquired by Edward Libbey, who in turn donated it to the Toledo Museum of Art, where it now hangs.[1] It shows the Aqueduc de Louveciennes. A lifesize reproduction of it is sited at the site of its creation as part of the Pays des Impressionnistes scheme.[2]
Production
British by birth, Sisley was unable to fight in the Franco-Prussian War and - fleeing the Siege of Paris - he first stayed at Louveciennes in autumn 1870, at which time he painted First Snow at Louveciennes (Boston Museum of Fine Arts), showing rue de Voisins, near Renoir's mother's house in the hamlet where he had set up his studio. He also produced a series of paintings showing the peak of the side of the Cœur-Volant. In spring 1871, with Paris in the control of the Commune, Sisley again took refuge in Louveciennes, this time at 2 rue de La Princesse. He found his studio ransacked by the Prussian troops, meaning few paintings of Louveciennes from before 1871 survive. He remained in the town until winter 1874-1875, painting several snowy landscapes with pink, yellow or blue tints.[3]
Built in the 17th century, the aqueduct had stopped working in 1866 and during the war the Prussians had installed an artillery battery on the tour du Levant at the east end of the aqueduct (on the right hand side of this work).[4] In Renoir, Monet and Pissarro's first paintings, the aqueduct is shown bridging the gap between two hills as a reminder of the region's royal pastn.[4] Sisley painted it from three different angles (D. 49, D. 133 et D. 213).[5] The first of the three (D.49) was painted in 1872, closely following the style of Spring in Louveciennes (1868-1869, National Gallery, London) by Camille Pissarro and of Henri Bevan's 1870 photograph The Aqueduct at Louveciennes.[6]
Provenance[6]
- Bought by Paul Durand-Ruel from Sisley in 1876
- Alex Reid and Lefevre, London
- Edward Drummond Libbey; USA
- Donated to the Toledo Art Museum
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Aqueduct at Louveciennes". Toledo Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Le circuit Pissarro" (PDF).
- ^ Anthony Lacoudre, Ici est né l'impressionnisme: guide de randonnées en Yvelines, préface Claude Bonin-Pissarro, Éd. du Valhermeil, 2003, (ISBN 2913328415 et 9782913328419), p. 127-128, p. 148-149 et p. 157
- ^ a b Richard Shone, Éditions Phaidon, ISBN 0714894117, 2004, p. 80-81
- ^ MaryAnne Stevens, in Alfred Sisley: poète de l'impressionnisme : Lyon, musée des beaux-arts, 10 octobre 2002-6 janvier 2003, Réunion des musées nationaux, 2002, p. 55
- ^ a b MaryAnne Stevens, in Sisley: Royal Academy of Arts, London, 3 July-18 October 1992, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 28 October 1992-31 January 1993, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 14 March-13 June 1993, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1992, p. 136
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- Avenue of Chestnut Trees at La Celle-Saint-Cloud (1865)
- View of Montmartre from Cité des Fleurs to Les Batignolles (1869)
- View of the Canal Saint-Martin (1870)
- Villeneuve-la-Garenne (1872)
- Drying Nets (1872)
- Rue de la Chaussée in Argenteuil (1872)
- The Seine at Argenteuil (1872)
- The Grand-Rue in Argenteuil (1872)
- Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge – Flood (1872)
- The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne (1872)
- The Canal Saint-Martin (1872)
- Chemin de la Machine, Louveciennes (1873)
- Frost in Louveciennes (1873)
- The Aqueduct at Marly (1874)
- Under Hampton Court Bridge (1874)
- The Church at Noisy-le-Roi, Autumn Effect (1874)
- Regatta at Molesey near Hampton Court (1874)
- The Village of Voisins (1874)
- The Meadow (1875)
- The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand (1875)
- The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring (1875)
- The Forge at Marly-le-Roi (1875)
- A Street in Marly (1876)
- Place du Chenil in Marly, Snow Effect (1876)
- The Watering Trough at Marly with Hoarfrost (1876)
- Flooding at Port-Marly (1876)
- The Seine at Bougival (1876)
- The Banks of the Oise (1877–78)
- Resting by a Stream at the Edge of the Wood (1878)
- The Small Meadows in Spring, By (1881)
- The Edge of Fontainebleau Forest (1885)
- The Small Meadows at By, Stormy Weather
- Avenue of Poplars near Moret-sur-Loing (1890)
- The Canal du Loing in Winter (1891)
- The Canal du Loing (1892)
- Marly series (1873–1876)
- Moret Church (1893–1894)
- Mother Anthony's Tavern (1866)
- A Couple (Les Fiancés) (c. 1868 painting)
- Interior, after Dinner (1868-1869)
- Under the Lamp (1887)