A Young Girl Posing in Back View

1820/1830

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 61.2 x 50.2 cm (24 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
    framed: 79.4 x 69.2 x 7.6 cm (31 1/4 x 27 1/4 x 3 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.28

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th marquess of Lansdowne [1845-1927], Bowood Hall, Wiltshire, England, by 1897; by inheritance to Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th marquess of Lansdowne [1872-1936], Bowood Hall; (Lansdowne sale, Christie's, London, 7 March 1930, no. 16); purchased by Joseph. (James P. Silo, New York); sold 25 October 1930 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Renoir and His Tradition, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 7.

1933

  • State Fair of Texas, Dallas, 1933, no. 28, as Young Girl.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1897

  • Ambrose, George E. Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures belonging to the Marquess of Landsdown, K.G., at Lansdown House, London and Bowood, Wilts. London, 1897: no. 332 as Les Epaules de ma soeur by Unknown Artist.

1965

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 26, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 56.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968:49, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 148, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 418, no. 597, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 172, repro.

2000

  • Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 355-357, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20184529


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