Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat
1881
Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 73.34 × 59.53 cm (28 7/8 × 23 7/16 in.)
framed: 90.17 x 75.88 x 6.99 cm (35 1/2 x 29 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1970.17.52
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
From the artist 25 August 1891 to (Durand-Ruel, Paris); Mme. Aude, Paris, a member of the Durand-Ruel family; another member of the Durand-Ruel family, Mme R. de Brecey, Paris; (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris); by whom sold 2 March 1963 to (Sam Salz, Inc., New York);[1] by whom sold 20 September 1963 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]Durand-Ruel ownership information provided in a letter dated 20 December 1977 from Charles Durand-Ruel, citing DR Paris stock book number 1569. [2] Mrs. Bruce's acquisition source and date according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1882
7me Exposition des Artistes Independants [Seventh Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1882, no. 118
1883
Paintings, Drawings and Pastels by Members of "La Société des Impressionistes", Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell's, London, 1883, no. 24
1904
Camille Pissarro, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1904, no. 67
1928
Camille Pissarro, Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1928, no. 35
1956
Exposition Camille Pissarro, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1956, no. 43, repro. frontispiece
1957
Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903, Kunstmuseum, Berne, 1957, no. 58, repro
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 29, repro
Impressionist Treasures from Private Collections in New York, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1966, no. 25, repro.
1980
Pissarro, Hayward Gallery, London; Grand Palais, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1980-1981, no. 54, repro.
Fifty Years of French Painting: The Emergence of Modern Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1980, no. 8, repro.
1986
The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, no. 128, repro.
1989
Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 41, repro.
1992
From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 52, repro.
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
Camille Pissarro, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1999-2000, no. 40.
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 45, repro.
2004
Seurat and the Making of the Grande Jatte, Art Institute of Chicago, 2004, no. 101
2011
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 37, repro.
2014
Camille Pissarro - Der Vater des Impressionismus, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, 2014-2015, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2017
Pissarro: Le premier des impressionnistes = The First among the Impressionists, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, 2017, no. 21, repro.
2019
Jean-François Millet: Sowing the Seeds of Modern Art, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 2019 - 2020, no. 54, repro..
2021
Camille Pissarro. The Studio of Modernism, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, 2021 - 2022, no. 122, repro.
Bibliography
1939
Pissarro, Ludovic and Lionello Venturi. Camille Pissarro, son art, son oeuvre. 2 vols. Paris, 1939: 1:158, no. 548, as Jeune Paysanne au Chapeau de Paille; 2:pl. 113.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 270, repro.
1981
Lloyd, Christopher. Camille Pissarro. New York, 1981:96, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 508, no. 757, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 314, repro.
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 387, no. 320, color repro.
2005
Pissarro, Joachim and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro: Critical Catalogue of the Paintings, 3 vols., Milan, Paris and New York, 2005: II:661, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: C. Pissarro 81
Wikidata ID
Q20188883