Bassin de La Villette

mid 19th century

61.3 cm 34.8 cm

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The Bassin was constructed in the former village of La Villette between 1806 and 1809 to provide a harbor and a reservoir. It was formed from the Canal d'Ourcq connecting the Ourcq, a tributary of the Marne, with the Seine. Lépine produced a number of paintings of this waterwa...

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Durand-Ruel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Cyrus J. Lawrence Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 21-22, 1910, no. 61; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase [under alias Henry Chester]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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