Portrait of Sonia

1890

Henri Fantin-Latour

Artist, French, 1836 - 1904

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 109.2 x 81 cm (43 x 31 7/8 in.)
    framed: 132.7 x 104.4 cm (52 1/4 x 41 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.145


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter, Sonia de Nikanoff [née Yanovski], niece of the artist. Duncan Phillips, Washington, D.C., by 1926.[1] (Paul Rosenberg et Cie., Paris); sold September 1936 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[2] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1]Published in Duncan Phillips, A Collection in the Making, 1926, plate 39. [2]On Dale's acquisition of the painting, see the manuscript of his autobiography, Archives of American Art, microfilm reel 3969, copy NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1890

  • Salon of 1890, Paris, no. 890, as Portrait of Mlle S.Y..

  • Exposition générale des beaux-arts, Brussels, 1890, no. 282, as Portrait of Mlle S.Y..

1891

  • 122nd exhibition of the Royal Academy, Royal Academy, London, 1891, no. 1110, as Sonia, daughter of General Yanovski.

1892

  • Exhibition of the Society of Portrait Painters at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolor, Picadilly, London, 1892, no. 198, as Sonia (daughter of General Yanovski).

1906

  • Exposition de l'oeuvre de Fantin-Latour, École nationale supérieur des beaux-arts, Paris, 1906, no. 63, as Portrait de Mademaoiselle S.Y..

1932

  • Fantin-Latour, Museum of French Art, New York, 1932, no. 19.

1936

  • Centenaire de Henri Fantin-Latour, Musée Bibliothèque de Grenoble, 1936, no. 40, as Portrait de Mlle S.J..

1965

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

1980

  • Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting 1880-1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, no. 11, repro.

2010

  • From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1942

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 48, repro.

1944

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 48, repro.

1953

  • French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 40, repro.

1963

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 326, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 49.

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 69, repro.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 41, repro.

1974

  • Chiego, William J. "Two Paintings by Fantin-Latour." Museum News. The Toledo Museum of Art 17, no. 2 (1974): 36, repro. 37

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 126, repro.

1979

  • Watson, Ross. The National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1979: 113, pl. 98.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 494, no. 731, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 151, repro.

Inscriptions

upper right: A ma chere [sic] niece Sonia / Fantin. 90

Wikidata ID

Q20190219


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