The Railway

Provenance

From the artist to Jean-Baptiste Faure [1830-1914], Paris; sold c. 1881 to (Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris and New York); sold 1898 to Henry Osborne Havemeyer [1847-1907] and his wife, née Louisine Waldron Elder [1865-1929], New York; by inheritance to their son, Horace Havemeyer [1886-1956], New York; bequest 1956 to NGA.

The Railway

Manet, Edouard

1873

Accession Number

1956.10.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 93.3 x 111.5 cm (36 3/4 x 43 7/8 in.) | framed: 113 x 132.7 x 5.4 cm (44 1/2 x 52 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Horace Havemeyer in memory of his mother, Louisine W. Havemeyer