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image of Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son
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

Exhibition History

1876
Le 2e Exposition de Peinture [Second Impressionist Exhibition], Paris, 1876, no. 161 as Promenade
1924
1e Exposition de Collectionneurs, L'Hôtel de la Curiousité et des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1924, no. 166, repro.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 85, repro
1986
Capolavori Impressionisti dei Musei Americani, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 1986-1987, no. 30, repro.
1986
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist
1986
The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986, no. 32, repro.
1990
Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 35, repro.
1992
From El Greco to Cezanne: Masterpieces of European Painting from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, National Gallery of Greece, Athens, 1992-1993, no. 47, repro.
1995
Claude Monet: 1840-1926, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1995, no. 42, repro., as The Stroll, Camille Monet and Her Son Jean (Woman with a Parasol).
1996
Rings: Five Passions in World Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1996, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000, no cat.
1999
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat. (returned early to NGA for inclusion in An Enduring Legacy exhibition).
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 42, repro.
2000
The Impressionists at Argenteuil, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 2000, no. 46, repro.
2006
Claude Monet - Fields in Spring, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 2006, no. 4, repro.

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