domingo, 8 de diciembre de 2013
The fife is a painting by French painter Édouard Manet made in 1866. At present, is preserved in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris .
It is known that between 1872 and 1873 remained in the box the private collection of Paul Durand- Ruel , gallery owner and art dealer who supported the young painters who would form the impressionist group. Between 1873 and 1893 the box was held by Jean -Baptiste Faure, French composer and baritone , a friend of Manet. In 1893 , again the fabric collection Durand- Ruel , to be acquired the following year by the Earl of Camondo Isaac , in whose collection it remained until 1911 , when it was delivered to the French state as a donation . The picture was intended to the Louvre , where they will be exposed to the public until 1914. In 1947 he was transferred , along with other works of Impressionist authors, the Gallery of the Jeu de Paume , a showroom located in the Jardin des Tuileries and the Louvre belonging . He remained there until 1986 , when , with the creation of the Musée d'Orsay , was transferred to the museum , like the rest of the collection of Impressionist paintings from the Louvre. Currently he can be seen in Hall 14 at level 0 of the Orsay Museum .
