Narcisse DIAZ DE LA PEÑA (1807-1876) Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe près de la Grenouillère - Le Bain près de la Grenouillère, circa 1838 Two oils on oval canvas. Signed lower left on one. (One is slightly missing). 38.5 x 32.5 cm each Annotations on back: "I certify that this well-known mural depicting Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe near la Grenouillère was removed and transposed to canvas in 1901, and that it comes from the Hôtel de l'Union, Bougival, where it was painted by Diaz during the time of the hostess La Mère, often known as the Marquise. Bougival, July 5, 1901, Le Maire. J.E. Couturier". Bibliography: - Pierre Miquel, L'École de la Nature, Tome II, Maurs-la-Jolie, Éditions de la Martinelle, 1975, p. 288, described. - Pierre and Rolande Miquel, Diaz de la Pena, Monographie, Paris, Éditions ACR, 2006, p. 41 described, located. - Pierre et Rolande Miquel, Diaz de la Pena, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, Éditions ACR, 2006, no. 3029, Le Bain près de la Grenouillère described and specified "for the wall of the Hôtel de l'Union in Bougival". - Benoît Noël and Jean Hournon, Les Arts en Seine, La paradis des Impressionnistes, Paris, Les Presses Franciliennes, 2004, quoted and partially described p. 33. - Albert de La Fizelière, "Les auberges illustrées" in L'Illustration - Journal Universel, December 24, 1853, Vol. XXII, pp. 422-426, no. 565. - Marie-Thérèse Caille, L'Auberge Ganne: Musée Municipal de l'École de Barbizon, Éditions Gau, 1994, p. 41. - Chantal Georgel, La Forêt de Fontainebleau, un Atelier grandeur vie, exhibition catalog, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, May 13, 2007, reproduced pp. 160 - 161. - Charles Félix Le Gendre, "Corot, Daubigny Diaz et Français à Bougival (1830 - 1850)" in La Revue de Seine-et-Oise, August 28, 1903, accurately described, located. These works will be reproduced in the supplement to the Catalogue raisonné of the artist's painted works currently being prepared by Rolande Miquel and Michael T. Klaa. We would like to thank Mr. Michael T. Klaa for confirming the authenticity of these works and for the information he provided.