Alsatian Girl, 1873

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 27.2 x 18.7 cm (10 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

framed: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.32

Artists / Makers

Jean-Jacques Henner (artist) French, 1829 - 1905

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left: 1873; upper right: J J HENNER

Provenance

Private collection, Paris, until 1931. (Raphael Gerard, Paris) in 1932. (Besnard sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 1933); purchased by (Etienne Bignou, Paris) for Chester Dale, New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.[1]

[1]Provenance according to Chester Dale files in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Bignou, Etienne
Dale, Chester
Drouot, Hôtel
Gérard, Raphael
Private Collection, Paris

Exhibition History

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1965: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 56, repro.

1965: Frankfurter, Alfred. "How Great is the Dale Collection?" Art News 64 (May 1965):40-43, 51-53, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 67.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 59, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 172, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 532, no. 800, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 200, repro.

1997: Bailey, Colin B. Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an age.Yale University Press New Haven and London, in association with National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, 1997,no.245,repro.