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Le retour des champs: PD.29-1964

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Le retour des champs
Translated as: The return from the fields

Maker(s)

Painter: Renoir, Pierre Auguste

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Ambroise Vollard; with Alex Reid and Lefèvre Ltd., London, from whom bought by Captain Sykes, 1936

Legal notes

Captain S.W. Sykes, O.B.E., M.C.

Measurements and weight

Height: 54 cm
Width: 65.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1964) by Sykes, Stanley William

Dating

Production date: AD 1886

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Renoir
  • Location: Lower right
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Metropolitan Museum, New York, "Special exhibition of paintings by Piere Auguste Renoir" as entitled "Femme dans les champs", lent Sykes, no date
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: Printed label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 144/34
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: MS label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: x2873
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: MS label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 7119
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: Printed label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 1364
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: Printed label
  • Type: Label
  • Text: 7119
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: in a circle

  • Text: 25
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Method of creation: Blue chalk
  • Type: Number
  • Text: 10
  • Location: Verso stretcher
  • Method of creation: Blue chalk
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Paris customs stamp
  • Location: Verso, stretcher
  • Type: Stamp

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.29-1964
Primary reference Number: 2914
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 5 March 2024 Last processed: Saturday 8 June 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Le retour des champs" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/2914 Accessed: 2024-12-27 00:33:00

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