Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge – Flood

Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge – Flood is a December 1872 painting by Alfred Sisley. He produced it during a flood on the Seine, which had begun in late October and reached its peak on 17 December[1].

It was bought for 200 francs by Durand-Ruel on 21 January 1873[2] and exhibited at the First Impressionist Exhibition in April 1874 as number 162[3] It was later owned by François Depeaux before forming part of the Depeaux sale at the Georges Petit gallery in Paris on 31 May 1906. It was acquired by the Carlsberg Foundation in 1914 and later that year it was exhibited at the Statens Museum for Kunst before being acquired later the same year by its present owner, the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.

References

1. "Inondations de la Seine dans l'hiver de 1872-1873, p. 326".
2. Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark, Manet, Gauguin, Rodin...: chefs-d'oeuvre de la Ny Carlsberg glyptotek de Copenhague, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995, ISBN 2711832945, 9782711832941, 1995, p. 91
3. MaryAnne Stevens, in Sisley: Royal Academy of Arts, London, 3 July-18 October 1992, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 28 October 1992-31 January 1993, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 14 March-13 June1993, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1992, p. 122