La bergère, premiers froids (The Shepherdess, First Frost)
Pierre Eugène Montézin, French, 1874 - 1946
early 20th century
Oil on canvas
Sight: 28 1/16 × 50 11/16 in. (71.3 × 128.7 cm)
Canvas: 28 5/8 × 51 5/8 in. (72.7 × 131.2 cm)
Frame: 36 7/16 × 59 1/8 × 2 9/16 in. (92.5 × 150.2 × 6.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of William Cao and Jing Zhuang
2024.55.3
Geography
Place Made: France, Western Europe, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
On view
Inscriptions
Signed, in paint, lower right: P. Montézin
Exhibition History
Monet: Reimaging the French Landscape, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 29-September 28, 2025.
Provenance
M. Roux Collection, France; date unknown; Les salles du Palais, Geneva, Switzerland, by 1981; from whom accquired by a Swiss Private Collector, Geneva, Switzerland; sold to Bonham's, London, England, March 1, 2023, lot 12; sold to Jing Zhuang, New York, New York, 2023; given to present collection, 2024.
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