Girl with Birds, c. 1780/1782

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall (oval): 61.4 x 52 cm (24 3/16 x 20 1/2 in.)

framed: 92.7 x 70.5 x 6.4 cm (36 1/2 x 27 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Timken Collection

Accession Number

1960.6.19

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (painter)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (related artist) French, 1725 - 1805

Image Use

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Provenance

Russian Imperial Family, Pavlovsky Palace, near St. Petersburg, by 1837[1] until at least 1920.[2] William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.

[1] According to John Smith, A Catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters..., 9 vols., London, 1829-1842: 8(1837): 438, no. 147.

[2] According to Camille Mauclair, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Paris, 1905: no. 795. See also Louis Réau, "Greuze et la Russie," L'art et les artistes, n.s. 7 (1920): 282 n. 2. Both Wildenstein & Co. and NGA curatorial files have an old photograph of the painting with the notation "Glouzonoff (former Mayor Petrograd)" on the back. However, this owner has not been identified, nor is it know when and from whom the Timkens acquired the painting.

Associated Names

Timken, Lillian S., Mrs.
Timken, William R.

Exhibition History

1967: Loan for display with permanent collection, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences (now Chrysler Museum), Virginia, 1967-1972.

1982: Fragonard & His Friends: Changing Ideals in Eighteenth Century Art, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1982-1983, no. 40.

Bibliography

1829: Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. 9 vols. London, 1829-1842: 8(1837):438, no. 147.

1905: Mauclair, Camille. Jean Baptiste Greuze. Paris, 1905: no. 795.

1920: Réau, Louis. "Greuze et la Russie." L'Art et les artistes n.s. 7 (1920): 282.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 63, as by Greuze.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 55, repro.

1972: Brookner, Anita. Greuze: The Rise and Fall of an Eighteenth-Century Phenomenon. London, 1972: 75.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 164, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 189, repro.

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. 55, 253-256. color repro.