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Pergola with Oranges
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right: Fearnley
Provenance
Hoffjegermester Thomas Fearnley, Oslo, son of the painter; by descent through his family [according to conversations with Knut Buchman, the agent for the owner]; purchased by the Old Masters Society, 2002; given to the Art Institute, 2002.
Exhibition history
Oslo, Kunstnerforbundet, Thomas Fearnley, 1966, cat. 41. Modum, Stiftelsen Modums Blaafarvevaerket, Thomas Fearnley, 1802–1842, May 24–September 30, 1986, cat. 66. Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Thomas Fearnley, Européeren: Familiens Hyllest, April 22–August 20, 1995, cat. 44.
Publications
Sigurd Willoch, Maleren Thomas Fearnley (Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk, 1932), ill. opp. p. 4. Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 2002-2003 (Chicago, 2003), p. 62, ill. Mary Weaver Chapin, “Pergola with Oranges” in "Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago," Museum Studies 30, 1 (2004), pp. 62–63, ill.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Thomas Fearnley (Norwegian, 1802–1842)
- Date
- c. 1834
- Medium
- Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28 × 37 cm (11 × 14 1/2 in.); Framed: 47.7 × 54.7 cm (18 3/4 × 21 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- oil on paper
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Place
- Norway
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of The Old Masters Society
- Accession no.
- 2002.599
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