The collection of Baron Denys Cochin
Courbet
Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine, study
1856 · Canvas, 96.5 × 130 cm
See in the collectionA study for the Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine of the Salon of 1857, according to Fernier, no. 206: from Juliette Courbet, acquired in 1915 by Durand-Ruel and sold the same year by Bernheim to Baron Denys Cochin, then Durand-Ruel, the shipowner Stang in Oslo and madame Annie Bergh[1]. The National Gallery gives the dates: sold by Juliette Courbet’s heiress to Bernheim-Jeune on 8 September 1915, their no. 20487, sold by them to Denys Cochin on 5 October 1915, bought back on 4 January 1917 and passed on 28 February 1917 to the dealer Walther Halvorsen for the Norwegian shipowner Jørgen Breder Stang[2].
In his hands: Came on 5 October 1915, from Bernheim-Jeune · Left on 4 January 1917, to Bernheim-Jeune
Today: At the National Gallery in London, NG6355, bought at Sotheby’s on 1 July 1964, lot 75a; the museum now gives it as “possibly after Courbet”, 1870s, and does not believe it to be by his hand[2].
Photograph from the National Gallery on Wikimedia Commons, “Young Ladies on the Bank of the Seine, before 1857.jpg”, public domain
Sources (2)
1.Robert Fernier, La Vie et l’œuvre de Gustave Courbet, catalogue raisonné, Lausanne et Paris, Fondation Wildenstein et La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1977, tome I : notices 120, 138, 175, 183 et 206, lues dans la bibliothèque numérique du Wildenstein Plattner Institute, tome I, p. 127, n° 206.
Reference work · partly read (restricted access), 7 October 2026 · view ↗
« Étude pour les Demoiselles des bords de la Seine. 1856. Toile, 0,98 x 1,28. Histoire : Juliette Courbet — acquis en 1915 par Durand-Ruel — vendu par Bernheim la même année au Baron Denys Cochin — Durand-Ruel — J. B. Stang, Oslo — Mme Annie Bergh — vente Sotheby, Londres, 1er juillet 1964, 62 000 livres, National Gallery, Londres (n° 75 A). »
2.The National Gallery, Londres, collection en ligne, Possibly after Gustave Courbet, Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer), NG6355 : notice et provenance, Key facts, Details et Provenance.
Reference work · read in full, 7 October 2026 · view ↗
« Possibly after Gustave Courbet, Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer), possibly 1870s. Oil on canvas, 96.5 × 130 cm. Bought, 1964. NG6355. It would not appear to be in Courbet’s hand. Provenance: Juliette Courbet; her heiress Marie-Louise de Tastes; sold to Bernheim-Jeune, 8 September 1915, their number 20.487; sold by them on 5 October 1915 to Denys Cochin (1851–1922), a writer and member of French parliament; bought back from him by Bernheim-Jeune, 4 January 1917, and sold to the dealer Walther Halvorsen, 28 February 1917 for the Norwegian ship owner Jørgen Breder Stang, Kristiania; his daughter Annie Bergh; anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, 1 July 1964, lot 75a, where purchased by the National Gallery. »
