MARCKE Emile Van (1827-1890) The rocks: The white queen. Forest of Fontainebleau Oil on canvas, signed lower left 50 x 70 cm Provenance : Sale of the studio May 11, 12, 13 1891, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris Exhibitions: - Portrait of a forest. Promenade en forêt de Fontainebleau avec les peintres de l'Ecole de Barbizon", Musée en herbe, Paris, 1988, no. 62 - Barbizon revisited. De Corot à Boudin. peintures, dessins", Galerie de l'Hôtel de Ville, Aulnay-sur-Bois, 1992, no. 53 - Trees in landscape painting from Corot to Matisse", Musée Tavet, Pontoise, 2012, no. 85 - L'arbre dans le peinture de paysage en France entre 1850 et 1920", Seigi Togo Memorial Sompo Art Museum of Art, Tokyo, Art Museum, Sapporo (Japan), The Museum of fine arts, Gifu (Japan), Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi (Japan), 2016, n°27 Barrie-Chevalier Collection

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