Jean Pierre, du Pre Clos

Madeleine Luka

Associated Names
Madeleine Luka

Artist, French, born 1900

The image shows the upper half of a person facing forward. The child has facial features with round cheeks, a small mouth, and large, dark eyes. Their hair is mostly covered by a bonnet that ties under the chin, leaving only part of the face visible. The child is wearing a polka-dotted white dress with puffed sleeves. In their hands, they are holding a stem with a green and red fruit, surrounded by leaves. The background features a pastoral scene with two red cattle grazing in a field, a tree to the left, and a house with a red roof in the distance, all under a dusky blue sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 49.4 x 39.1 cm (19 7/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
    framed: 71.4 x 63.5 x 7 cm (28 1/8 x 25 x 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.19.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Salon des Tuileries, Paris); purchased 1929 by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; his estate; bequest 1964 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Children: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture by Old and Modern Masters, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 24, no. 25

  • Children: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture by Old and Modern Masters, Galleries of Marie Sterner, New York, 1929, no. 24

Bibliography

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 239, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: Madeleine Luka; on reverse: Jean Pierre, du / Pré Clos ainsi [...] il a l'age / de 18 mois, tenant / beaucoup plus en ressemblance / de sa bonne mere qui / ... son père leopold de / Fermier Madeleine Luka / 28 Rue de Liege / Paris

Wikidata ID

Q20190699

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