Young Peasant Girls Resting in the Fields near Pontoise
1882
Artist, French, born St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1830 - 1903


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 88
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 65.41 × 81.6 cm (25 3/4 × 32 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2014.18.42
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia, by 1966;[1] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
[1] Lent to French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966: no. 28.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce_, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.,1966, no. 28, repro.
Bibliography
2014
Kelly, Franklin. "A Lasting Legacy: The Completion of an Unparalleled Gift." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 51 (Fall 2014): 17, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: C. Pissarro / 1882
Wikidata ID
Q20189575