Alphonse Legros
model c. 1876, cast possibly 1879/1920
Artist, French, 1838 - 1902
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G2
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
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Dimensions
overall: 34.1 x 23.7 x 23.7 cm (13 7/16 x 9 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1956.14.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); sold possibly by the 1920s and definitely by June 1932 to George Matthew Adams [1878-1962], Riverdale, New York;[1] gift 1956 to NGA.
[1] See the letters from Adams to Harold Wright of Colnaghi, dated 8 June 1932 and 20 December 1946 (originals in the Wright Papers, MS Wright L259, Special Collections, University of Glasgow Library, Scotland; copies in NGA curatorial files). The Dalou bust complemented the five etchings by Legros for which Adams was best known as a collector, lent to the National Gallery at the same time as the bronze and given one by one from 1947 to 1963.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1974
Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 150.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 133, repro.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 50, repro.
2000
Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 108-111, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63809186