Environs of Ornans, by Gustave Courbet

Environs of Ornans, by Gustave Courbet
Identifier: clyall00amer (find matches)
Title: Illustrated catalogue of paintings, pastels and water colors collected by the late David C. Lyall of Brooklyn
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
Subjects: Lyall, David C
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



Text Appearing Before Image:
ENVIRONS OF ORNANS BY GUSTAVE COURBET GUSTAVE COURBET S8—ENVIRONS OF ORNANS A gorge in a limestone country, where awinding stream runs below cliffs and between thesteep escarpments of grass-grown slopes. Sturdytrees have seized a foothold among the masses ofrock and thick woods crown the distant hilltops.Gray ledges of rock crop out among the verdurein the distance and sharply accent the fore-ground. A narrow strip of sky with whiteclouds is seen beyond the hills. Signed at the right, G. Courbet. Height, 2Sy2 inches; length, 35^2 inches. Collection of M. Bernheim, Paris, who purchased it from THE SISTER OF COURBET.
Text Appearing After Image:
A STROLLING MERCHANT BY JEAN LEON GEROME JEAN LEON GEROME 89—A STROLLING MERCHANT U^ In one of the narrow, dusky streets of thenative quarter of Cairo, a turbaned vender ofrich second-hand garments and choice weapons iscrying* his wares. In his right hand he carries aPersian helmet with intricate chasing, and in hisleft, resting against a mass of soft silk draperies,he holds a long gun, inlaid with mother-of-pearl.Near by are scavenging dogs, and in the gloombehind and to the left are seen the figures of bar-gaining natives. To the right is a long vistathrough a crowded street with a sea of white tur-bans and, above, the high facades of native housesand the minaret of a mosque against a bit of bluesky. Signed at the left, J. L. Ger6me. Height, 30^ inches; width, 21 inches. / \