Children Playing in a Park

c. 1860

Hugues Merle

Painter, French, 1823 - 1881

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32.6 x 40.9 cm (12 13/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
    framed: 45.4 x 53.7 x 5.7 cm (17 7/8 x 21 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1970.17.101


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Harry MacNeill Bland Galleries, New York);[1] sold to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]The correspondence of the Bland Galleries, at the Archives of American Art, does not include any references to this picture.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1989

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Samuel Skinner, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1989-1992.

1992

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Andrew H. Card, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1992-1993.

1993

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Federico Pena, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1993-1998.

1998

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Rodney Slater, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1998-2001.

Bibliography

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 232, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 267, repro.

2000

  • Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I: Before Impressionism. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 312, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower left in monogram: HM

Wikidata ID

Q20188416


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