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French 1770-1900
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Pierre-Jacques Volaire (French, 1727-before 1802)
The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, 1777
Oil on canvas, 53 1/8 x 89 in. (135.0 x 226.1 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the Alcy C. Kendrick Bequest and from the State of North Carolina, by exchange, 82.1
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Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (French, 1725-1802)
Benjamin Franklin, about 1779
Oil on canvas, 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (69.9 x 54.6 cm.)
Gift of the North Carolina Citizens Association, 75.26.1
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Pierre Peyron (French, 1744-1814)
The Death of Alcestis, 1794
Oil on canvas, 38 x 38 1/4 in. (96.5 x97 cm.)
Purchased with funds from gifts by Mr. and Mrs. Jack L.Linsky, Mrs. George Khuner, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Anonymous Gift, Lady Marcia Cunliffe-Owen, William Walker Hines,Mrs Alfred Elliott Dietrich, by exchange,91.1
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Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)
Peasant Spreading Manure, 1854-55
Oil on canvas, 32 x 44 in. (81.3 x 111.8 cm.)
Purchased with from the North Carolina Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), 52.9.128
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Eugéne Boudin (French, 1824-1898)
Trouville, The Jetties, High Tide, 1876
Oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (31.1 x 45.1 cm.)
Gift of North Carolina National Bank, 67.12.1
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Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
The Cliff, Etretat, Sunset, 1883
Oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 31 3/4 in. (55.2 x 80.6 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 67.24.1
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Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903)
The St. Sever Bridge Rouen: Mist, 1896
Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 34 1/4 in. (60.3 x 87.0 cm.)
Gift of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, 67.26.1
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Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
The Seine at Giverny, Morning Mists, 1897
Oil on canvas, 35 x 36 in. (88.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the North Carolina Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest) and the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation, 75.24.1
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875)
The Spirit of the Dance, 19th century
Marble, H. 41 1/4 in. (104.8 cm)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, by exchange. 99.11
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