Woman and Two Children in a Field, 1880/1900

Not on View

oil on canvas

overall: 20.6 x 27 cm (8 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

framed: 31.8 x 37.5 x 6.7 cm (12 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

1970.17.62

falsely signed, lower left: renoir.

Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris; sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.

[1] Provenance according to NGA curatorial files and the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Molyneux, Edward H., Captain

1952: French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist, as by Renoir.

1961: French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 42, repro., as by Renoir.

2009: Extended loan for use by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., 2009-2014.

2014: Extended loan for use by Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., 2014-2016.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 138, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 28, repro.