Constant Troyon
French, 1810–1865
Saint-Cloud
c. 1835
The figures in this painting are enjoying a pleasant stroll through the gardens of the Château de Saint-Cloud, a palace near Paris. Rather than emphasizing the site’s historic significance, Troyon focused on its picturesque quality in the soft afternoon light. Some of the artist’s earliest landscapes make use of this setting, perhaps because of his familiarity with the area—he began his career as a porcelain painter at the famous Sevrès factory a short distance away.
| Medium | oil on paper, mounted on canvas |
| Dimensions | 15 1/16 x 18 5/16 in. (38.2 x 46.5 cm) Frame: 21 3/8 x 24 1/16 x 1 3/4 in. (54.3 x 61.1 x 4.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.536 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Constant Troyon, Saint-Cloud, c. 1835, oil on paper, mounted on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.536
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Five: French Paintings of the 19th Century. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1956.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992.
Austin, Florence. Saint-Cloud. Paris: Editions du Mecene.
Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
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Provenance
[C. Lepoutre, Paris, sold to Clark, 2 Mar. 1921]; Robert Sterling Clark (1921–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
