Camille Pissarro

Anton Melbye, Denmark (acquired directly from the artist in Paris circa 1856)
Private Collection (acquired from the estate of the above in 1875)
Johan Hansen, Copenhagen (acquired from the above in the 1880s)
Mrs Johan Hansen, Copenhagen (by descent from the above; sale: Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Hansen Estate, 28th March 1968, lot 220)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Joachim Pissarro & Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro, Catalogue critique des peintures, Paris, 2005, vol. II, no. 5, illustrated in colour p. 43

The canvas is lined. There is a thick layer of varnish through which the UV light cannot fully penetrate but there appear to be small areas of retouching to all four corners. Apart from two areas with scattered specks of fluorescence to the upper left and lower right of the house, probably retouching and visible under UV light, this work is in fairly good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration.
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This work was painted during the artist's stay at Galipan in Venezuela. The peak in the background is probably Mt. Avila, which Pissarro and fellow artist Fritz Melbye climbed in July 1854.