A Peasant Girl in a Straw Hat
c. 1892
Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
pastel over charcoal on beige laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Evelyn Stefansson Nef and Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dyke
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Dimensions
overall: 60.4 x 34.8 cm (23 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1998.144.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Artist's estate; M. et Mme André Wormser, Paris. (Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1987, no. 451); Swiss private collection; (Neffe-Degandt Fine Art, London); purchased by NGA, 1998.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2000
Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 219.
2012
Impressionism: Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings. Albertina, Vienna, 2012 (not in catalogue).
2019
The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.
Inscriptions
stamped lower right: C.P.
Watermarks
Caduceus with letters CF (Canson Frères)
Wikidata ID
Q64537834