Gypsy Woman with Mandolin, c. 1870

Inscription

lower left: COROT

Provenance

The artist; (his estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 26 May 1875, no. 186, as Bohémienne debout jouant de la guitare); purchased by Klotz, Paris.[1] Jules Paton, Paris; (his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 24 April 1883, no. 45, as Bohémienne jouant de la guitare); (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris); sold 1900 to Frederick C. Hewitt [d. 1908] and William Francklyn Paris [d. 1954]; (their joint sale, American Art Association, New York, 9-10 March 1910, no. 172, as Girl with a Mandolin); purchased by John Fenning.[2] Ferdinand Blumenthal [d. 1914], Paris.[3] Count Cecil Pecci-Blunt [d. 1965], New York and Paris, by 1946;[4] gift 1951 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1928

Exposition d'oeuvres de Camille J.-B. Corot (1796-1875): Figures et paysages d'Italie au profit de la Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie de l'Université de Paris, Galerie Rosenberg, Paris, 1928, no. 45.

1946

Corot, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1946, no. 54, repro.

1999

Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no catalogue.

1999

Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 4, repro.

Bibliography

1905

Robaut, Alfred, and Etienne Moreau-Nélaton. L'Oeuvre de Corot. Catalogue raisonné et illustré. 5 vols. Paris, 1905: 3:no. 1556, repro.

1930

Bernheim de Villers, C. Corot, peintre de figures. Paris, 1930: 63, no. 250, repro. (the painting before changes in the background).

1965

Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 30.

1968

National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 23, repro.

1975

European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 76, repro.

1978

King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 41, pl. 19.

1984

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 428, no. 609, color repro.

1985

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 95, repro.

1990

Panush, Rachel B., Jacques R. Caldwell and Richard S. Panush. "Corot's 'Gout' and a 'Gipsy [sic] Girl,'" The Journal of the American Medical Association 264, no. 9 (September 1990): 1136-1138, color repro. on cover.

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: 81-85, color repro.

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