- Provenance
- Exhibition History
- Bibliography
Overview
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Inscription
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Marks and Labels
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Provenance
(A.-A. Hébrard, Paris);[1] sold to (M. Knoedler & Company, New York); given or sold 1956 to John Rewald [1912-1994], New York;[2] sold April 1968 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1999
- An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000, as Dressed Ballet Dancer (Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans), no cat.
Bibliography
- 1957
- Rewald, John. Degas Sculpture. New York, 1957: 144.
- 1976
- Millard, Charles W. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas. Princeton, 1976.
- 1979
- Failing, Patricia. "The Degas bronzes Degas never knew." Art News (April 1979): 38+.
- 1991
- Gingold, Diane J. and Elizabeth A.C. Weil. The Corporate Patron. New York, 1991: 109, color repro.
- 1991
- Pingeot, Anne. Degas Sculptures. Paris, 1991: no. 73.
- 1994
- Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 67, repro.
- 1995
- Barbour, Daphne. "Degas's 'Little Dancer': Not Just a Study in the Nude." Art Journal 54 (Summer 1995): 28+, repro.
- 1995
- Campbell, Sara. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." Apollo 142 (August 1995): 10-48, 46-47.
- 1997
- Henderson, Anne. "Portraits & Personalities." Washington Parent (November 1997): 14, repro.
- 1998
- Hargrove, June. "Degas's 'Little 14-year-old Dancer:' Madonna of the Third Republic?" Sculpture Journal 2 (1998): 9+, repro.
- 1998
- Hargrove, June. "Degas's 'Little Dancer' in the World of Pantomime." Apollo 147 (February 1998): 15+, repro.
- 2010
- Lindsay, Suzanne Glover, Daphne S. Barbour, and Shelley G. Sturman. Edgar Degas Sculpture. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2010: no. 16, 138-143, color repro.
Related Works
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Work of Art
- Giovanni Bellini
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- c. 1430/1435 – 1516
- Mrs. Thomas Scott Jackson
- c. 1770/1773
- oil on canvas
- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.94
- • On View
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Work of Art
- Giovanni Bellini
- Italian
- c. 1430/1435 – 1516
- Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children
- 1777-1779
- oil on canvas
- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.95
- • On View
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