FreeCoast Scene—Approaching Storm
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
Title
Coast Scene—Approaching Storm
Artist
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
Date
c. 1870
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (55.2 × 39.4 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1957.337
On View
On view
Purchased from Hanover Galleries by a private collector, London, by 1957;
Consigned by a private collector to Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, by November 1957–December 7, 1957;
Purchased from Hirschl & Adler Galleries by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1957.
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French Marine Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, March 16–May 5, 1985, no. 9.
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