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In France during the 18th century.[1] George Godolphin Osborne, 10th duke of Leeds [1862-1927], Hornby Castle, near Bedale, Yorkshire, by 1902;[2] by inheritance to his, John Francis Godolphin Osborne, 11th duke of Leeds [1901-1963], Hornby Castle; sold December 1945 to (Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Paris, New York, and London);[3] sold December 1946 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1952 to NGA.

[1] The painting was engraved in reverse by Catherine Elise Lempeurer in the mid-18th century under the title Le Bénédicité flamant. In the catalogues for the 1910, 1934, and 1938 exhibitions in which it was included, the painting is listed as from the Duc d'Orleans collection, but no painting by Le Nain is recorded in that collection, unless it was given to another artist.

[2] Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures Belonging to the Duke of Leeds, London, 1902: 40, no. 201, as Flemish Interior by Le Nain. It is not known when the painting entered this collection; no mention of it was found in documents relating to the art collection in the estate papers of the Dukes of Leeds held by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds, England (see e-mails of 20 and 28 October 2008, from Kirsty McHugh, archivist, to Anne Halpern, in NGA curatorial files).

[3] During the preparation of the NGA systematic catalogue of its French paintings of the 15th to 18th centuries, Joseph Baillio of Wildenstein & Co. kindly provided the date when the company acquired the painting from the Duke of Leeds.

Exhibition History

1910
The Brothers Le Nain, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1910, no. 13, repro., as A Flemish Interior.
1934
Le Nain, peintures, dessins, Petit Palais, Paris, 1934, no. 15 as Flemish Interior.
1938
17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938, no. 338, repro. as Peasant Interior.
1951
Wildenstein Jubilee Loan Exhibition, 1901-1951: Masterpieces from Museums and Private Collections, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1951, no. 14, repro.
1978
Les frères Le Nain, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1978-1979, no. 24, repro., as Intérieur paysan.
1982
France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth-Century French Paintings in American Collections, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, no. 49, repro., as Peasant Interior.
2003
Richelieu: Art and Power, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 2002-2003, no. 160, repro.

Bibliography

1862
Champfleury. Les Frères Le Nain. Paris, 1862: 117
1933
Fierens, Paul. Les Le Nain. Paris, 1933:repro. LIV
1934
Bulletin des Musées de France (July 1934): 129, repro.
1934
Waterhouse, E.K. "A Le Nain Exhibition in Paris." The Burlington Magazine LXV (September 1934):132
1937
Watt, Alexander. "Notes from Paris." Apollo (June 1937):349, repro.
1951
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1945-1951. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 212, no. 94, repro.
1957
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): 46, pl. 109
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 345, repro.
1961
Seymour, Charles. Art Treasures for America: An Anthology of Paintings & Sculpture in the Samuel H. Kress Collection. London, 1961: 154, repro. pl. 145
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 316, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 75
1966
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:294, color repro.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 65, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 192, repro.
1977
Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 267-268, fig. 247, as French Peasants in an Interior.
1979
Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 75, pl. 62, color repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 323, no. 423, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 225, repro.
1986
Conisbee, Philip. Chardin. Oxford, 1986: 43, repro.
1993
Rosenberg, Pierre. Tout l'oeuvre peint des Le Nain. Paris, 1993, 89, no. 65, pl. XLVI, as Intérieur Paysan by Mathieu Le Nain.
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 175, no. 138, color repro.
2005
The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier. A Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. Exh. cat. Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, 2005: 52, fig. 16, 71 (not in the exhibition).
2009
Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: no. 71, 322-327, color repro.

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