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Provenance

The artist [1824-1898]; his estate;[1] sold 14 June 1899 to (Durand-Ruel, New York and Paris).[2] Jerome Stonborough, New York; (his estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 October 1940, no. 75); purchased by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] In the lower right corner of the reverse of the canvas is a red wax seal bearing the artist's name; these atelier seals were affixed to the paintings after the artist's death (see Aimée Brown Price, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, exh. cat., Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam and Zwolle, 1994: notes to catalogue).

[2] Aimée Brown Price, Puvis de Chavannes: A Study of the Easel Paintings and a Catalogue of the Painted Works, Ph.D. dissertation., Yale University, New Haven, 1972: no. 244; Aimée Brown Price, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 2 vols., New Haven and London, 2010: 1:102-103, pl. 123, 2:271-272, no. 299, repro.

Exhibition History
1899
Exposition de Tableaux, Esquisses & Dessins de Puvis de Chavannes, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1899, no. 35.
1904
Salon d'Automne, Paris, 1904, no. 14 in the Puvis de Chavannes room.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1941
Catalogue of French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 11, repro. pl. XX
1941
"The Chester Dale Pictures on loan to the National Gallery of Art." Magazine of Art 34 no. 9 (November 1941): 476+, repro.
1942
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 31, repro.
1944
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 31, repro.
1953
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 38, repro.
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 54, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 106.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 93, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 276, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 483, no. 712, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 321, repro.
1998
Boeckl, Christine M. “Penitence/Repentance." In Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. Edited by Helene E. Roberts. 2 vols. Chicago, 1998: 2:718, 723, repro.
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