Provenance

Dr. Georges de Bellio [1828-1894], Paris; probably by inheritance to M and Mme [she née Victorine de Bellio,1863-1958] Ernest Donop de Monchy, Paris.[1] Sold 1907 for or by von Tschudi through (Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Paris).[2] (Galerie Caspari, Munich)in 1916.[3] Mrs. Meta Schütte, Bremen, by c. 1919 and probably in Schütte family collection until c. 1948;[4] by inheritance to her granddaughter and her husband, Dr. and Mrs. F.M. Oelze, Bremen.[5] (E.J. van Wisselingh and Co., Amsterdam); sold February 1951 to (Wildenstein and Co., London, New York, and Paris);[6] by whom sold December 1956 to Arnold Kirkeby, New York; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 November 1958, no. 12); Mr. and Mrs. George Friedland, Merion, Pennsylvania; (their sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 13 December 1961, no. 80). (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold January 1965 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1952

Claude Monet, Paris; Kunsthaus, Zurich; Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 1952, no. 15 [Zurich], no. 13 [Paris, The Hague], repro.

1966

French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 81, repro

1975

Paintings by Monet, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1975, no. 9, repro.

1986

Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

1992

From El Greco to Cézanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 46, repro.

1995

Claude Monet: 1840-1926, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1995, no. 14, repro., as Jean Monet in His Cradle.

1999

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

1999

Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 38, repro.

2007

Monet: L'art de Monet et sa postérité, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2007, no. 3, repro.

2011

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 28, repro.

Bibliography

1919

Waldmann, Emil. "Bremer Privatsammlungen." Kunst und Künstler XVII (1919):176

1961

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. 3rd rev. ed., New York, 1961: repro. p. 184

1966

Goldwater, Robert. "The Glory that was France." Art News 65 (March 1966):42.

1966

Kuh, Katherine. "Golden Loans for a Silver Anniversary." Saturday Review (19 March 1966): 46.

1967

Rewald, John. "Notes sur deux tableaux de Claude Monet." Gazette des Beaux-Arts (October 1967):247

1970

Niculescu, Remus. "Georges de Bellio, l'Ami des Impressionistes (I)." Paragone 247 (September 1970):53, repro.

1974

Wildenstein, Daniel. Claude Monet: biographie et catalogue raisonné. 5 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1974-1991: no. 101.

1984

Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 483, no. 713, color repro.

1985

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 281, repro.

2006

Søndergaard, Sidsel Maria. Women in Impressionism: From Mythical Feminine to Modern Woman. Exh. cat. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Milan, 2006: 276, 277 fig. 239, 278-281.

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