Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00000880Alpine Scene
by Gustave Doré
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right: G. Doré / 1865; lower left: [Do]ré
Provenance
Doré Gallery, London, before 1892 [according to a label on the stretcher; the Doré Gallery operated from 1867 to 1892]. Julius H. Weitzner, London by 1967; given by Weitzner to the Art Institute, 1967.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Artist Looks at the Landscape, June 22-August 25, 1974, no cat.
Publications
The Art Institute of Chicago: Annual Report 1967-68 (Chicago, 1968), p. 20. Annie Renonciat, La vie et l’œuvre de Gustave Doré (Paris, 1983), pp. 78-9. Richard R. Brettell, French Salon Artists 1800-1900 (Chicago and New York, 1987), pp. 72-73, 118.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883)
- Date
- 1865
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 195.5 × 130 cm (77 × 51 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- oil on canvas
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Place
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of Julius H. Weitzner, Inc.
- Accession no.
- 1967.588
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