París, 1862 - París, 1930
See author's fileA member of the so-called Bande noire, a group that was founded in conscious opposition to Impressionism and influenced Zuloaga, Ménard specialised in crepuscular Symbolist landscapes with figures associated with Greco-Latin mythology. In this example he includes a naked youth and some cattle beneath autumnal trees, possibly in reference to a pastoral tale.
Catálogo de la Exposición de Pintura Francesa Contemporánea, Ministerio de Instrucción Pública, Madrid, 1918, pp. nº137.
Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 409.
Registros-Inventarios Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, 1900-1936. Núm. 172-M.
Registro del Museo de Arte Moderno, 1954. Núm. 317.
Inv. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Núm. AS00216.
R. Menard
Signed.
Front, lower left corner
M.A.M.-172-M
Inscribed in red color.
Front, lower right corner
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