Child with Toys - Gabrielle and the Artist's Son, Jean
1895-1896
Artist, French, 1841 - 1919

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 54.3 x 65.4 cm (21 3/8 x 25 3/4 in.)
framed: 65.7 x 76.7 x 3.5 cm (25 7/8 x 30 3/16 x 1 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1985.64.36
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Jeanne Baudot [1877-1957], Louveciennes;[1] (on consignment with Durand-Ruel, New York 1936-1947); inherited 1957 from Baudot by Jean Griot, Paris; purchased 6 June 1962 by (Durand-Ruel, Paris) as "L’Enfant et ses jouets"; acquired 6 June 1962 by (Sam Salz, New York); sold 4 May 1962 to Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[2] gift 1985 to NGA.
[1] Early provenance is based on records in the Durand-Ruel Archives.
[2] See invoice from Sam Salz dated 4 May 1962 in NGA curatorial files. Although Salz sold the painting to Mellon in May, the transactions between Griot, Durand-Ruel, and Salz were not finalized until 6 June 1962.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1900
Renoir Exhibition, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, 1900
1928
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1928
1962
Artmobile II ("Twelve Portraits: Delacroix to Gauguin"), sponsored by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1962, no. 7
Middleburg Community Center, Middleburg, VA, 22 September - 16 October 1962
1963
Loan for display at Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, May- June 1963.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 107, repro
1997
Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; The Art Institute of Chicago; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1997-1998, fig. 272, as Child with Toys (Gabrielle and Jean) (shown only in Fort Worth).
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 36, repro.
2005
Renoir, Renoir. Cinémathèque français, Paris, 2005, repro. p. 20.
2016
Renoir, Image of Women, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Seoul Museum of Art; The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, 2016-2017, no. 10, repro (shown only in Kyoto and Seoul).
Bibliography
1944
Drucker, Michel. Renoir. Paris, 1944:repro. 111.
Inscriptions
upper right: renoir.
Wikidata ID
Q20190479