Madame Cahen

1869

Adolphe Monticelli

Associated Names
Adolphe Monticelli

Artist, French, 1824 - 1886

The image shows a woman seated in a three-quarter view, with her right hand on a surface and her left hand near her chest. She has a calm facial expression, fair complexion, dark eyebrows, light-colored eyes, and dark wavy hair falling past her shoulders. The woman is dressed in a dark, high-collared garment with a white blouse underneath and a bow at the neck. She wears a hoop earring in her left ear. The background consists of warm brown and yellow tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 132 x 97.8 cm (51 15/16 x 38 1/2 in.)
    framed: 150.2 x 116.8 cm (59 1/8 x 46 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.10.184

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably by inheritance to Alexandre Natanson [1867-1936], a descendent of the sitter; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 May 1929, no. 98); purchased by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[1] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] See copies of Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Portraits of Women Loan Exhibition: Romanticism to Surrealism, Museum of French Art, New York, 1931, no. 7.

1932

  • Derain-Vlaminck, Museum of French Art, New York, 1932, no. 1.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1926

  • Arnaud d'Agnel, G., and Émile Isnard. Monticelli, sa vie et son oeuvre (1824-1886). Paris, 1926: repro., as Portrait of Madame C...

1931

  • Flint, Ralph. "Femininity Rules at the Museum of French Art." Art News (24 January 1931): 3, repro.

1941

  • Catalogue of French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 10, repro. pl. XVII

  • "The Chester Dale Pictures on loan to the National Gallery of Art." Magazine of Art 34 no. 9 (November 1941): 476+, repro.

1942

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 34, repro.

1944

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 34, repro.

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 37, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 93.

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 53, repro.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 82, repro.

1969

  • Alauzen, André M., and Pierre Ripert. Monticelli: sa vie et son oeuvre. Paris, 1969: 74 fig. 91, 117, 410, as Madame Kahn.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 244, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 532, no. 804, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 283, repro.

1991

  • Garibaldi, Charles, and Mario Garibaldi. Monticelli. Geneva, 1991: 52, 210, repro., as Portrait de Madame Kahn.

Inscriptions

center right: Monticelli / 1869.

Wikidata ID

Q20188719

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