Stanislas Lépine

Pierre-Firmin Martin (1817-1891), Paris

Nicolas-Auguste Hazard (1834-1913), Orrouy, Oise (sale: Galerie Georges Petit, 1-3 December 1919, lot 175)

Alfred Daber, Paris

Sale: Christie's, London, 15 February 1985, lot 73

Galerie Dr Hans-Peter Bühler, Munich

Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1985)

Painted circa 1878-1880.

The Parc du Trocadéro lies on the hill of Chaillot to the west of Paris. The present work was first acquired by Pierre-Firmin Martin, known as Père Martin, former wine merchant and actor turned art dealer. Martin sold the work of Boudin, Jongkind and Barbizon painters including Théodore Rousseau, as well the New Painters who became known as the Impressionists. In 1874 he organized the first Impressionism Exhibition in the photographer Nadar’s studio, in which Lépine’s work was included.

Le Parc de Trocadéro was probably sold by Martin to Nicolas-Auguste Hazard, a major collector of the work of Lépine and the Barbizon painters.