Oasis

Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)

The White Fund (American (Lawrence, MA))

about 1857

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions65.1 x 82 cm (25 5/8 x 32 5/16 in.)

Credit LineDeposited by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Accession numberL-R 1324.12

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsLower left: J. L. GEROMEProvenance1901, sold by the artist to Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris and New York (stock no. 27404); October 30, 1901, sold by Boussod, Valadon et Cie. to Senator Edward O. Wolcott (b. 1848 - d. 1905), Colorado Springs and Washington, DC [see note 1]; by inheritance to his brother, Rev. William E. Wolcott (b. 1887 - d. 1911), Lawrence, MA; 1911, bequeathed by Wolcott to the White Fund of Lawrence, MA.

On loan to the MFA by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, MA, since November 13, 1912.

NOTES:
[1] Getty Provenance Index, Goupil et Cie. records, PI Record no. G-38829 (stock book 14, no. 27404, p. 299). As "Chameaux buvant."