Church at Moret after the Rain, 1894

  • Alfred Sisley, French, 1839-1899

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 28 3/4 × 23 3/4 inches (73 × 60.3 cm)
  • 38 × 32 3/4 × 3 5/8 inches (96.5 × 83.2 × 9.2 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

20.114

Signed, lower left: Sisley-94

May 1, 1899, auction atelier of Aldred Sisley by (Georges Petit, Paris, France), lot 14

collection Léon Payen (Paris, France)

June 29-30, 1916, auctioned by (Hotel Drouot, Paris, France), lot 107

June 29-30, 1916, purchased by (Durand-Ruel, Paris, France and New York, New York, USA)

1920-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Alfred Sisley, Church at Moret after the Rain, 1894, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 20.114.