A Young Lady in a Yellow Gown with Blue Ribbons

c. 1767

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

Artist, French, 1715 - 1783

The image shows a woman seated from the waist up. She has a serene expression with rosy cheeks and dark, curled hair adorned with a pink rose and blue ribbons. She wears a white gown with lace trim, blue ribbons, and no visible jewelry. The background has muted colors.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on blue laid paper mounted to canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 61.4 x 50.5 cm (24 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.79.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    D'Arnoult 2014: undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacques Doucet [1853-1929], Paris (his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 5-8 June 1912, 91); William H. Schab Gallery, Inc., New York, by 1969; purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; gift to NGA, 1986.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Woodner Collection II: Old Master Drawings from the XV to the XVIII Century, William H. Schab Gallery, New York and tour, 1973-74, no. 104.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 86.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Neil Jeffares, "Léon-Pascal Glain." Dictionary of pastellists before 1800. London, 2006; online edition [http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Glain.pdf], accessed 6 July 2018: no. J.351.227, as Glain.

1923

  • Vaillat, Léandre and Paul Ratouis de Limay. J.-B. Perronneau (1715-1783): Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre. Paris, 1923: 199, no. 90.

1969

  • A Collection of Fifty Master Drawings from the Fifteenth to Twentieth Centuries, William H. Schab Gallery, New York [1969]: 49, no. 28, reproduced in color.

2014

  • D'Arnoult, Dominique. Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, ca. 1715 - 1783. Paris, 2014: undesc.

2015

  • Burns, Thea, and Phiippe Saunier. The Art of the Pastel. New York, 2015: 89 and 376, note 35, as "may possibly be attributed to Léon-Pascal Glain or PIerre Bernard. Jeffares, written communication."

Wikidata ID

Q64581175

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