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The Sturdy Castle (Le Château Fort)

The Sturdy Castle (Le Château Fort)

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Louis Gabriel Moreau

Artist
Louis Gabriel Moreau
(French, 1740 - 1806)
Title
The Sturdy Castle (Le Château Fort)
Date
n.d.
Medium
Watercolor and gouache
Dimensions
16 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Fund purchase
Accession No.
64.1.10
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
France

Related

<span>Collection of M. Cavaniol (Chaumont, France). Collection of Mrs. Corina Kavanagh (Buenos Aires, Argentina). 11/3/64, Major R. Holmes (London, England) sells to P. &amp; D. Colnaghi &amp; Co., Ltd. (Londong, England); 1964, P. &amp; D. Colnaghi &amp; Co., Ltd. (London, England) sells to Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art] (Madison, Wisconsin)</span>

  • Madison Art Center. "Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings From The University of Wisconsin Collections." Madison, WI: The Madison Art Association, 1965. no. 31
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Collection of Prints and Drawings." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Center, 1967.
  • Colnaghi & Co., P. & D., London, "Old Master Drawings." 1964. no. 16; pl. XV
  • Wildenstein, London, "French Drawings from Clouet to Ingres." 1934. no. 45
  • Petit Palais, Paris. "Le Paysage Francais de Poussin a Corot." 1925. p. 88, no. 607
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "French Graphics from the Elvehjem Art Center Collection." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1975. p. 20, cat. no. 28

  • Hand of the Master, The: Drawings from the Elvehjem’s Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/11/1985–7/28/1985
  • French Graphics from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Art Center, 4/11/1975–5/25/1975
  • Master Prints and Drawings from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Art Center, 11/6/1970–1/31/1971
  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings from the University of Wisconsin Collections: Madison Art Center, 11/21/1965–12/11/1965
  • Exhibition of Old Master Drawings: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd. , 6/16/1964–7/17/1964
  • Le Paysage Français de Poussin à Corot (1925): Petit Palais, Paris
  • French Drawings from Clouet to Ingres (1934): Wildenstein & Co., London

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