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The Park at Mortefontaine

1806

1985.189

Not currently on view

oil paintcanvaspainting

Artwork Details

Artist
Creation Date
1806
Materials
oil on canvas
Object Types
paintings, oil paintings
Dimensions

34-1/2 x 50-1/2 in. (canvas) 43 x 59 x 4 in. (framed, glazed)

Mark Description

Signed and dated, on the boat in brown paint, lower left: j.ph [dot] Bidauld [dot] 1806

Accession Number
1985.189
Credit Line

Gift of the Honorable Paul H. Buchanan, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Greenleaf, The Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Alicia Ballard Fine Arts Purchase Fund and the Allen Whitehill Clowes Fund

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945

Color Palette

Joseph Bonaparte [1768-1844], Mortefontaine, France, later Bordentown, New Jersey, until dispersed at an estate auction in 1847.{1} (Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, Ltd., London, England) for (Christie, Manson, and Woods Ltd., London) by 1985; purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1985. {1} Anthony J. Bleecker, New York, Catalogue of Rare, Original Paintings by the Most Renowned Masters…Belonging to the late Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, Ex-King of Spain, to be sold at his late residence near Bordentown, 25 June 1847, either lot 3, 4, 5, 6, or 45, 46 (all identified only as View of the Park of Mortfontaine in France by Bidauld.)



Exhibition Name

Venue

Dates

Americans Abroad: Landscape and Artistic Exchange, 1800-1920

Tsinghua University Art Museum

September 20, 2018 - March 17, 2019

A Shared Heritage: Art by Four African Americans

Indianapolis Museum of Art

February 24, 1996 - April 2, 1996

Juxtapositions

Indianapolis Museum of Art

September 2, 1995 - October 29, 1995

Recent Acquisitions 1982-1985

Indianapolis Museum of Art

November 26, 1985 - January 19, 1986


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