Landscape near Barbizon, France
Landscape near Barbizon, France

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Landscape near Barbizon, France

William Henry Hilliard, American, 1836–1905
y1970-6
Hilliard is best known for realistic, tonal landscapes that are evocative of the Hudson River School. Born in Auburn, New York, he studied and lived for several years in Paris, where he exhibited at the Paris Salon and depicted local scenery, evident in this landscape, painted near Barbizon.

Information

Title
Landscape near Barbizon, France
Maker
William Henry Hilliard
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
20.2 × 30.5 cm (7 15/16 × 12 in.) frame: 44.4 × 54.6 × 7.9 cm (17 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Willard Hall Porter
Object Number
y1970-6
Place Depicted

France, Ile-de-France, Barbizon

Signatures
Signed in paint, lower left: W. H. Hilliard
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite on top right of stretcher: Mr. DuPont [in artist's hand]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed in graphite, bottom left of stretcher: Ches. I. DuPont, Wilmington, Del. [in unknown hand]
Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
landscapes (representations), buildings, brown, blue, gray (color), trees

Ex-coll. Charles I. DuPont, Wilmington, DE

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