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Provenance

Breysse, Paris, by 1875.[1] Jean-Baptiste Faure [1830-1914], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, 29 April 1878, no. 15). Jules Paton, Paris, by 1884.[2] Acquired 1906 by (Boussod Valadon et Cie., successeur de Goupil et. Cie, Paris); sold 1908 to Josse et Gaston Bernheim;[3] in the private collection of Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by 1909; purchased June 1931 through (Etienne Bignou) by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[4] bequest 1963 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1875
Exposition de l'oeuvre de Corot. Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1875, no. 52, as Etude de femme
1907
Exposition d'art français, Goupil Gallery, London, 1907 (?)
1909
Rétrospective de figures de Corot (Salon d'Automne), Paris, 1909, no. 11, as l'Italienne Agostina (according to NGA curatorial files)
1917
Exposition, Le Musée de Bâle, Basel, 1917 (according to NGA curatorial files)
1925
Exposition d'oeuvres des XIXe et XXe siècles, Galeries Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1925, no. 16, repro. on cover
1928
Portraits et figures de femmes--Ingres à Picasso, Galerie La Renaissance, Paris, 1928, no. 43, repro.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1979
French Romanticism, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, unnumbered checklist.
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1875
Daliphard. E. L'Art II (1875): repro. p. 257.
1905
Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Oeuvre de Corot. Catalogue raisonné et illustré. 5 vols. Paris, 1905: 3:114, no. 1562 as L'Italienne Agostina.
1906
Gensel, Walther. Corot und Troyon. Leipzig, 1906: pl. 45.
1907
Mourey, Gabriel. "Une Exposition d'art français à Londres." Les Arts 66 (June 1907): 24, repro.
1909
Bouyer, Raymond. "Corot, peintre de figures." La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne II (1909): 204.
1909
Goujon, Pierre. "Corot, peintre de figures." Gazette des Beaux-Arts II (1909): 480.
1919
L'Art Moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois. Paris, Bernheim-Jeune, 1919: pl. 35.
1925
Oppo, Cipriano. Corot. Paris, 1925: 20, repro., as Portrait de femme.
1925
The Arts VIII, no. 2 (August 1925): 60, repro.
1926
Jourdain, F. Le Salon d'Automne. Paris, 1926: 66.
1928
Alexandre, Arsene. "Portraits et figures de femmes, Ingres à Picasso." La Renaissance XI, no. 7 (July 1928): 261, fig. 43.
1930
Bernheim de Villers, G. Corot, peintre de figures. Paris, 1930: 62, 69, no. 51, repro. and frontispiece.
1930
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Corot, mit 153 Tafeln in Lichtdruck. Berlin, 1930: 100-102, pl. CXI.
1931
Faure, Emile. Corot. Paris, 1931: pl. 65; 2nd ed., Paris, 1938: pl. 50.
1931
Mauclair, Camille. Corot. Berlin, 1931: 56, repro.
1936
Bazin, Germain. "Corot et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 18 (1936): fig 91.
1936
Hazama, I. Corot. Tokyo, 1936: pl. 50.
1936
Jamot, Paul. Corot. Paris, 1936: repro. 45.
1938
Pemberton, Murdock. "Ambassador to Art." Esquire (February 1938): repro.
1941
Catalogue of French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 2-3, pl. IV.
1941
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Now the Great French 19th Century in the National Gallery." Art News 40, no. 17 (December 15-31, 1941):repro. p. 17
1941
National Gallery of Art. Art Series: French Painting. Description of Paintings for Art Series Number 7 [of 9]. Programs of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1941-1944. Washington, 1941-1944(?): 2, 5.
1942
Dale, Chester. "The Golden Century of French Art." The New York Times Magazine 17 May 1942: 20, repro.
1942
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 19, repro.
1942
Sater, Katherine. "Great Paintings Shown At National Gallery." The Columbus (Ohio) Citizen (13 December 1941): 4, repro.
1944
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. Masterpieces of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1944: 156, color repro.
1944
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: color frontispiece, 19, repro.
1944
Jewell, Edward Alden. French Impressionists and their Contemporaries Represented in American Collections. New York, 1944: repro. 49.
1946
Pierre Courthion. Corot, raconté par lui-même et par ses amis. Geneva, 1946: repro. opposite 108.
1948
Kimball, Fisk and Lionello Venturi. Great Paintings in America. New York, 1948: 168, pl. 77.
1951
Bazin, Germain. Corot. Paris, 1951: 112.
1951
Morse, John D. "Corot as a Figure Painter." The American Artist 15 (November 1951): 28, repro. 26.
1953
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 27, repro.
1955
Cooke, Hereward Lester. Galeria Nacional de Washington. Madrid, 1955: 323, no. 77, repro. (German ed., 1971: 51, color repro. 50).
1956
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1956: 31.
1957
Baud-Bovy, Daniel. Corot. Geneva, 1957: 126.
1960
The National Gallery of Art and Its Collections. Foreword by Perry B. Cott and notes by Otto Stelzer. National Gallery of Art, Washington (undated, 1960s): 9, repro. 3.
1960
Walker, John. A Colorslide Tour of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1960: no. 26, repro.
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 246, repro.
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 40, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 31.
1966
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2: 412, color repro.
1967
Dauberville, Henry. La Batille de l'impressionisme. Paris, 1967: 542, repro.
1968
Gandolfo, Giampaolo et al. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Great Museums of the World. New York, 1968: 75-76, color repro. (Italian ed., Milan, 1968: 75-76, color repro.).
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 23, repro.
1972
Hours, Madeleine. Jean-Baptise-Camille Corot. New York, 1972: 145, repro.
1974
Walker, John. Self Portrait with Donors: Confessions of an Art Collector. Boston, 1974: 166-167, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 78, repro.
1975
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 430, no. 619, color repro. 431.
1978
Sinjo, Y and H. Harado. Corot, Courbet (The Book of Great Masters). Tokyo, 1978: 139, pl. 26.
1979
Leymarie, Jean. Corot. Geneva, 1979: 137, repro.
1984
Hours, Madeleine. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. New York, 1984: 108-109, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 426, no. 607, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 97, repro.
1988
Selz, Jean. La vie et l'oeuvre de Camille Corot. Courbevoie, 1988: 220,
1991
Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 239, 246.
1992
Feist, Peter H. Malerei des Impressionismus. 2 vols. Cologne, 1992: I: 286, 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: 61-67, color repro.
2006
Brettell, Richard R., and Stephen F. Eisenman. Nineteenth-Century Art in the Norton Simon Museum. New Haven and London, 2006: 111 fig. 23d.

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