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The Oak at Flagey (French - Le Chêne de Flagey) or The Vercingetorix Oak (Le Chêne de Vercingétorix) is an oil on canvas landscape painting by Gustave Courbet, created in 1864, measuring 89 by 110 cm. It shows an oak near the Courbet family farm in the village of Flagey, Doubs, a few kilometres from Ornans in Franche-Comté, named in relation to Vercingetorix. The oak was later struck by lightning and no longer survives. The painting is held at the Musée Courbet, in Paris.

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The Oak at Flagey
Artist	Gustave Courbet
Year	1864
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	89 cm × 110 cm (35 in × 43 in)
Location	Musée Courbet, Paris

In 1880 the artist's sister Juliette Courbet sold it to the banker Henry C. Gibson and on the latter's death it was offered to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1896. It was sold at Sotheby's New York in 1987 to a Japanese collector, Michimasa Murauchi, for $450 000. It was then bought for 4.5 million Euros in 2012 by the Musée Courbet, including 2.7 million Euros from private donations and 1.3 million Euros from public funds. It was lent to the Volez, Voguez, Voyagez exhibition on Louis Vuitton at the Grand Palais.[1]

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- [en] The Oak at Flagey

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[fr] Le Chêne de Flagey

Le Chêne de Flagey, également appelé Le Chêne de Vercingétorix, est un paysage peint par Gustave Courbet en 1864. Le tableau mesure 89 × 110 cm et représente un chêne majestueux situé près de la ferme familiale des Courbet, dans le village de Flagey, à quelques kilomètres d'Ornans, en Franche-Comté[1].

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