Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Effect of Snow at Petit Montrouge

A view of the church of Saint-Pierre at Petit-Montrouge, a Paris suburb. It is inscribed: â mon ami H. Charlet 28 Xbre 1870. Charlet is as yet unidentified but may have been a comrade, as Manet saw service during the siege of Paris in the winter of 1870-71. He wrote to his wife 'My soldier's knapsack serves...to hold everything necessary for painting. I shall soon start some sketches from life. They will be souvenirs that will one day have value.' This snow scene is one of Manet's earliest works painted out of doors. Gwendoline Davies purchased it at Paris in October 1912.

Work was part of the AFA tour (2009-2010): From Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 2468

Acquisition

Bequest, 10/4/1952

Measurements

Height (cm): 61.6
Width (cm): 50.4
Height (in): 24
Width (in): 19
h(cm) frame:77.3
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:66.5
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:8.0
d(cm)

Techniques

oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

oil
canvas

Location

Gallery 12

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