Musée d'Orsay Displays Claude Monet's 'Les Dindons' (1877) in Its Permanent Collection
Claude Monet's 'Les Dindons' (1877), an oil-on-canvas painting measuring 174 by 172.5 centimeters, is part of the permanent collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The work, which depicts turkeys, was executed in 1877 and bears the artist's signature and date. It entered the French national collections via a 1947 legacy from Princesse Edmond de Polignac, having previously passed through the collections of Ernest Hoschedé, G. de Nittis, Théodore Duret, and François Depeaux. The painting is currently displayed in Room 30 on the upper level of the museum.
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The painting's extensive provenance and exhibition history—including its appearance in the third Impressionist exhibition in 1877 and numerous retrospectives across Tokyo, Kyoto, Washington, San Francisco, Chicago, and Paris—underscore its significance within Monet's decorative and large-scale output. For collectors and curators, the work represents a transitional phase in Monet's practice, moving from landscape to more structured interior and animal subjects, and its presence at the Musée d'Orsay reinforces the museum's role as a primary repository of Impressionist masterworks with documented scholarly and market pedigree.
- Artists: Claude Monet
- People: Edmond de Polignac, Ernest Hoschedé, G. de Nittis, Théodore Duret, François Depeaux
- Museums: Musée d'Orsay
- Locations: Paris
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