Un deuil

woman by the steps in a village

Janet Whitmore writes: Un Deuil is an unusual subject in Knight’s work, typically featuring more light-hearted subjects. The large size of this canvas may also indicate that the scene commemorates the loss of a particular individual either in his network of friends and family or perhaps in the community at Poissy. Below is part of…

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At the Well

In Goupil’s record books at The Getty, there is a work titled Autour du puits from 1880, but we cannot confirm that this is, in fact, that painting.

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While an image of this painting is in the Goupil/Boussod photo book at The Getty, the number associated with the photograph does not match any numbers in the gallery’s record books.

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