Children Playing in a Park, c. 1860

Not on View

oil on canvas

overall: 32.6 x 40.9 cm (12 13/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

framed: 45.4 x 53.7 x 5.7 cm (17 7/8 x 21 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

1970.17.101

Hugues Merle (painter) French, 1823 - 1881

lower left in monogram: HM

(Harry MacNeil Bland Galleries, New York);[1] sold to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1]The correspondence of the Bland Galleries, at the Archives of American Art, does not include any references to this picture.

Bland Galleries
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.

1989: Extended loan for use by Secretary Samuel Skinner, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1989-1992.

1992: Extended loan for use by Secretary Andrew H. Card, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1992-1993.

1993: Extended loan for use by Secretary Federico Pena, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1993-1998.

1998: Extended loan for use by Secretary Rodney Slater, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1998-2001.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 232, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 267, 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: 312, color repro.