Young Girl with an Apron

1891

Berthe Morisot

Painter, French, 1841 - 1895

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 65 x 54.6 cm (25 9/16 x 21 1/2 in.)
    framed: 87.6 x 74.3 x 7 cm (34 1/2 x 29 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.110.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia, by 1966;[1] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2004.
[1] The painting was lent to a 1966 exhibition of the Mellon collection at the NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1892

  • Exposition de Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins par Berthe Morisot, Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris, 1892, no. 36.

1896

  • Madame Eugène Manet, Exposition de son oeuvre, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1896, no. 14.

1919

  • Cent Oeuvres de Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1919, no. 32.

1936

  • Berthe Morisot, Madame Eugène Manet, M. Knoedler and Co., London, May-June 1936, no. 16.

  • Berthe Morisot 1840[sic]-1895, Wildenstein and Co., Inc., New York, November-December 1936, no. 3.

1941

  • Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1941, no. 85.

1942

  • Exposition de peinture Française de l'impressionnisme a nos jours, Palais Saint-Pierre, Musée de Lyon, 1942, no. 28, as Portrait de Jeune Fille.

1947

  • Berthe Morisot, Galerie André Weill, Paris, 1947.

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration 1941-1966, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no. 96, repro.

Bibliography

1925

  • Fourreau, A. Berthe Morisot. Paris, 1925: pl. 29.

1933

  • Angoulvent, Monique. Berthe Morisot. Paris, 1933(?): no. 517.

1961

  • Bataille, M.L., and Georges Wildenstein. Berthe Morisot, catalogue des peintures, pastels et aquarelles. Paris, 1961: no. 266, fig. 279.

1997

  • Clair, Alain, Delphine Montalant and Yves Rouart. Berthe Morisot 1841-1895. Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Translated by Jean-Alice Coyner. Montolivet, 1997: no. 270, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: B Morisot

Wikidata ID

Q20190290

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