Skip to Content
Home>Collection>The Cradle - Camille with the Artist's Son Jean
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 1918 and probably in Schütte family collection until c. 1948;[4] by inheritance to her granddaughter and her husband, Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm and Mrs. Charlotte 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.

[1] No. 85 bis in inventory of de Bellio collection cited in Remus Niculescu, "Georges de Bellio, l'Ami des Impressionistes (I)," Paragone no. 247, September 1970, p. 52. See also letter from Niculescu to Paul Mellon, dated 12 April 1970, in NGA curatorial files.

[2] According to Wildenstein 1974, no. 101.

[3] According to 1961 Parke-Bernet sales catalogue.

[4] The painting was lent to a 1918 exhibition of works in Bremen private collections, and listed in the catalogue as lent by Frau Meta Schütte. It was also published by Emil Waldmann in "Bremer Privatsammlungen," Kunst und Künstler XVII, 1919, p. 176. Also published as Schütte collection in the listing of "Monet paintings in some well-known museums and private collections" included in Oscar Reuterswärd, Monet, En konstnärshistorik, Stockholm, 1948, p. 279.

[5] According to 1961 Friedland sales catalogue.

[6] See letter dated 18 June 1999 from Wildenstein & Co. regarding date of acquisition from Van Wissellingh and sale to Kirkeby (in NGA curatorial files).

Exhibition History
1918
Austellung von Meisterwerken der modernen Malerei aus Bremischem Privatbesitz, Kunsthalle Bremen, 1918, no. 54.
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.
2016
Monet: The Early Years, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 2016-2017.
Bibliography
1919
Waldmann, Emil. "Bremer Privatsammlungen." Kunst und Künstler XVII (1919):176-177, repro. 185.
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.
2004
Friedrich Wilhelm Oelze - Freund der Künste und Vertrauter Gottfried Benns. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle Bremen. Bremen, 2004: repro. 21, 22, 25 n. 42.
2005
Monet and Camille: portraits of women in impressionism: a short guide to the exhibition. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle Bremen. Bremen, 2005: 88.
2005
Monet und Camille: Frauen portraits im Impresionismus. Exh. cat. Kunsthalle Bremen. Bremen, 2005: 261, 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.
2022
Ventura, Gal. "The Cradle: Berthe Morisot and the Medicalization of Babies' Sleep." The Art Bulletin (June 2022): 99, 101, fig. 11.
Related Content
  • Sort by:
  • Results layout: