Józef Szermentowski (1833 Bodzentyn - 1876 Paris), Waterside Landscape/ By the stream, 1860s.

oil, canvas pasted on cardboard, 24.5 × 28.3 cm
on the reverse a stamp with a drawing of a cross and a ribbon with the inscription: "1833 |Jozef Szermentowski |1876".

Exhibited:
- Posthumous exhibition of Józef Szermentowski, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1877.

Mentioned:
- "Catalogue of works of art included in the Exhibition of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts during the year 1877" (exhibition
posthumous) [in:] "Report of the Committee of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in the Kingdom of Poland for the year 1877", Warsaw 1878, p. 70.

Stamp appearing on the back of the painting with a representation of a cross and ribbon with the inscription: "1833 |Jozef Szermentowski |1876". was commissioned by Wojciech Gerson in connection with Szermentowski's posthumous exhibition at the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1877. The exhibition featured 51 sketches and 32 oil works, including the presented work.