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Flowers
Flowers

Flowers

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807–1876)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions40 x 25.1 cm (15 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Ellen F. Moseley
Accession number24.236
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Description
Diaz was a member of the Barbizon School, a group of French landscape painters who were important precursors of the Impressionists. This flower piece, one of only a few by Diaz, is painted with his characteristic vigorous brushwork and interest in generalizing individual forms into broad areas of color. The high-keyed pastel colors suggest Diaz’s early training as a porcelain decorator.
InscriptionsLower right: N. Diaz.Provenance1899, possibly by inheritance from Alexander H. Moseley (b. 1822 - d. 1899), Boston, to his daughter, Ellen Frances Moseley (b. 1849 - d. 1924), Boston; 1924, bequest of Ellen F. Moseley to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1924)
Bohemians Going to a Fête
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
about 1844
Pool in the Forest
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
1858
Venus and Cupid (I)
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
about 1845–50
Young Women in Turkish Costume
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
about 1862
Path in the Forest
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
about 1835
Forest Interior
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
1840 or 1846
Venus and Cupid (II)
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
1847
Fields at Barbizon
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
1867
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
about 1845–50
Path through the Forest near Fontainebleau
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
about 1875-76
Young Women Resting in a Forest Clearing
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña
about 1841