View of Paris (Primary Title)
Stanislas Lépine, French, 1835 - 1892 (Artist)
Lépine, who exhibited paintings at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, here renders his characteristic subject: the River Seine flowing through the heart of Paris. Situated on the Île de la Cité, the Gothic cathedral Notre-Dame rises above the skyline at the center of the composition. Notre- Dame was controversially—and imaginatively—restored by architect Viollet-le-Duc during the mid-19th century.
Signed lower right: "S Lepine"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Robert and Manuel Schmit, Stanislas Lépine, 1835-1892: Catalogue Raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, Paris: Editions Galerie Schmit, 1993, cat. No. 119.
2019-2020: "Van Gogh Monet Degas, The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", Palazzo Zabarella, Padua, Italy, October 26, 2019 - March 1, 2020
2019-2021: Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, and Their Times: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, February 2 - May 5, 2019; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, April 4, 2020 - January 10, 2021
2018-2019: "Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 17 - July 15, 2018; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 22 - September 22, 2019
2019-2021: Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, and Their Times: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, February 2 - May 5, 2019; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, April 4, 2020 - January 10, 2021
2018-2019: "Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 17 - July 15, 2018; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 22 - September 22, 2019
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