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Claude Monet (artist) French, 1840 - 1926 Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875 oil on canvas Overall: 100 x 81 cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.) framed: 119.4 x 99.7 cm (47 x 39 1/4 in.) Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 1983.1.29 |
Provenance
From the artist in 1876 to Dr. Georges de Bellio [1828-1894], Paris; by inheritance to M and Mme [she née Victorine de Bellio, b. 1863] Ernest Donop de Monchy, Paris, until at least 1897.[1] Possibly (Paul Rosenberg and Co., London, New York, and Paris). Georges Menier, Paris, by c. 1924; (Menier sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 15 June 1965, no. 121); purchased by (Hector Brame, Paris) for Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1983 to NGA.
[1]Cited as no. 86 in unpublished inventory of the de Bellio collection by Remus Niculescu, "Georges de Bellio, l'Ami des Impressionists (I)," Paragone 247, September 1970. See also letter from Niculescu to Paul Mellon dated 12 April 1970, in NGA curatorial files.