PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Vierge et enfant d'après une faïence signed 'renoir.' (upper left) oil on canvas 15 ¾ x 10 ½ in. (40.2 x 26.7 cm.) Painted circa 1902
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Vierge et enfant d'après une faïence signed 'renoir.' (upper left) oil on canvas 15 ¾ x 10 ½ in. (40.2 x 26.7 cm.) Painted circa 1902
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist, by 1907). Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris. Anon. sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 13 March 1961, lot 47. Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 28 March 1973, lot 83. J.B Fenjves, Caracas (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 11 May 1995, lot 208. Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
A. Vollard, Tableaux, pastels et dessins de Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paris, 1918, vol. I, p. 20, no. 79 (illustrated). G.-P. and M. Dauberville, Renoir: Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, Paris, 2010, vol. III, p. 56, no. 1761 (illustrated).
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir digital catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.