Provenance

Alexandre Natanson

French, 1867 - 1936

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Auguste Renoir, The Young Soldier, c. 1880, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2014.18.46

The Young Soldier

Auguste Renoir · c. 1880 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.18.46

Shown from the waist up, we look slightly down onto a pale-skinned woman as she looks down and writes on a piece of paper in this vertical painting. The scene is loosely painted so brushstrokes are visible throughout and detail, especially in the background, is hard to make out. The woman wears a midnight-blue garment with long sleeves and a ruffled collar, and her hair is pinned or twisted up on the crown of her head. Her dark pink lips curve in a slight smile as she looks down with the pen poised in her right hand. Her left hand, to our right, rests with the fingertips on the sheet of paper. The table top is parchment white, and pink, white, and mint-green forms, presumably paper and a stationary box, sit in front of the woman and to our left. Her chair has a curved back and is upholstered with claret red. A vertical golden yellow strip on the right edge of the painting may indicate a curtain or wall, and a blend of muted blue, ash brown, and emerald green suggest patterned fabric or wallpaper behind her. The artist signed the painting in the lower right corner, “Bonnard.”
Pierre Bonnard, The Letter, c. 1906, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.86

The Letter

Pierre Bonnard · c. 1906 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.86

Adolphe Monticelli, Madame Cahen, 1869, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.184

Madame Cahen

Adolphe Monticelli · 1869 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.184

Georges Seurat, Study after "The Models", 1888, pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.69

Study after "The Models"

Georges Seurat · 1888 · pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1991.217.69