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The spring

The spring
(La Source)
(1890s)

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
38.5 × 46.1 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1910

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: Fantin

Accession Number
488-2

Department
International Painting

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Subjects (general)
Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
back views forests (cultural landscapes) nudes (representations) seated figures springs (bodies of water) women (female humans)

Provenance
With F & J Tempelaere (dealer), Paris, possibly stock no. 4211; from where purchased, on the advice of Frank Gibson and Léonce Bénédite, director of the Musée National de Luxembourg, for the Felton Bequest, 1910.

Colourmen

Colourman
TEMPELAERE / HARDY-ALAN

Location of stamp
Tempelaere stencil on stretcher cross brace and also in upper left of canvas reverse, Hardy-Alan stencil centre reverse of canvas obscured by cross brace.

Transcript
TABLEAUX MODERNES/F&J. TEMPELAERE/36, Rue Laffitte, 36/PARIS also larger stencil reads ....du CHERCHE MIDI.../HARDY-ALAN/....DORURE.ENCADREMENTS/........./

Medium
Ink stencils

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