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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.215
People
Unidentified Artist
? Jean Frédéric Bazille, French (Montpelier 1841 - 1870 Beaune-la-Rolande)
Title
Woman with a Parasol Seated in a Garden
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1870
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230161

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
44.45 x 26.35 cm (17 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l.: F. Bazille [note that signature is alcohol soluble; the rest of the painting is not, indicating the inscription was probably added later.]
  • label: on reverse:: 702271 / 13 / National Gallery of Canada

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Probably acquired through Martin Birnbaum, 1942; Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.215
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ernst Scheyer, "The Beginnings of Impressionism", The Art Quarterly (Spring 1942)
  • Dorothy Adlow, "Lady in the Garden: A Painting by Frederic Bazille", The Christian Science Monitor (April 24, 1945), p. 10, repr.
  • John Rewald, The History of Impressionism [1st ed.], The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY, 1946), p. 205
  • Pierre Francastel, Peinture et Societe: naissance et destruction d'un espace plastique, de la Renaissance au cubisme, Audin (Lyon, France, 1951)
  • Encyclopedia Universale dell'Arte, Istituto per la Collaborazione Culturale (Rome, Italy, 1961), repr.
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 108; repr. as no. 314

Exhibition History

  • For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/16/2004

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