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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 Ms Carol Grigor 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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