Alfred SisleyFrench, 1840–1899Le Héron aux ailes déployées
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Le Héron aux ailes déployées” now? Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Unknown.
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RF 1971 15
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Musée d'Orsay — Alfred Sisley · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Alfred Sisley
The whole life1866
He meets his future wife, Eugénie Lescouezec
In 1866 Sisley met Eugénie Lescouezec (1834–1898), who lived in the Batignolles quarter of Paris and worked as an artist's model and florist. They married only in 1897.
June 1867
Based in Honfleur as his son is born in Paris
In June 1867, when his first child Pierre was born in Paris, Sisley was based in Honfleur, a picturesque Normandy resort popular with painters.
19 June 1867
Son born: Pierre Sisley
1868
Renoir paints the Sisley family portrait
In 1868 Auguste Renoir, a friend of the family, painted a portrait of the Sisleys.
29 January 1869
Daughter born: Jeanne Sisley
