The Young Soldier, c. 1880

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 54.93 × 33.02 cm (21 5/8 × 13 in.)

framed: 68.58 × 46.04 × 4.45 cm (27 × 18 1/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

2014.18.46

Artists / Makers

Auguste Renoir (artist) French, 1841 - 1919

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: Renoir

Provenance

Theodore Duret [1838-1927], Paris; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 18 March 1894, no. 38); Alexandre Natanson [1867-1936], Paris.[1] (Jos Hessel, Paris), by 1932.[2] (Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York), 1935.[2] Mrs. Phyllis Lutgens, New York; (her sale, Sotheby’s, London, 29 April 1964, no. 54); Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

[1] François Daulte, Auguste Renoir: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 5 vols., Lausanne, 1971: 1:no. 252.

[2] Naval and Military Portraits, M. Knoedler & Co, New York, 1932, no. 12.

[3] Exhibited at Carstairs, French Impressionists and After, December 1935 to January 1936; reproduced in James W. Lane, “Current Exhibitions,” Parnassus 8, no. 1 (January 1936): 24.

Associated Names

Carstairs Gallery
Duret, Théodore
Galerie Georges Petit
Hessel, Jos
Lutgens, Phyllis, Mrs.
Mellon, Paul
Natanson, Alexandre
Sotheby's

Exhibition History

1932: Naval and Military Portraits, M. Knoedler & Co, New York, 1932, no. 12.

1935: French Impressionists and After, Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York, 1935-1936.

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no.104, repro.

2018: William J. Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions, NSU Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, 2018-2019, pl. 1.

Bibliography

1936: James W. Lane, “Current Exhibitions,” Parnassus 8, no. 1 (January 1936): 24, repro.

1971: Daulte, François. Auguste Renoir: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol.1. Figures 1860-1890. Lausanne, 1971: no. 252, repro.

2007: Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Michel Dauberville. Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles. 5 vols. Paris, 2007: no. 520, repro.