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Cape Gris Nez
(1881)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
62.0 × 86.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Hon. C. J. Ham, 1882
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Cecchini.
Accession Number
p.308.6-1
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) cliffs clouds France (nation) Gris-Nez, Cap (cape) rocks (landforms) seas waves (natural events)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist by the Hon. Cornelius J. Ham MLC (1837–1909), Mayor of Melbourne, 1881/82; by whom donated to the NGV, 1882.[1]
[1] See ‘City and Suburbs’ in Advocate, Melbourne, Saturday 11 February 1882, p. 20, accessed http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170024790. This painting was one of two executed by theartist while in Melbourne as part of the Italian delegation of Exhibition Commissioners 1880–82, See ‘New Pictures’ in The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil, Melbourne, Saturday 13 August 1881, p. 266, accessed http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60623060.