Louise Brongniart
1777
Artist, French, 1741 - 1828
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 55
Artwork overview
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Medium
marble
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 37.7 x 25.3 x 19.5 cm (14 13/16 x 9 15/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.124
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
By inheritance to the sitter's great-nephew, Baron Jérome Pichon; (his sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 29 March-10 April 1897, no. 1009); Joseph Bardac, Paris;[1] (Galerie Seligmann, Paris); sold 21 February 1911 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[2] gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] According to German Seligman, Merchants of Art: 1880-1960, Eighty Years of Professional Collecting, New York, 1961, p. 13, it was Sigismond Bardac who sold the busts to his father, Jacques Seligmann. . However, according to René Gimpel, Diary of an Art Dealer, New York, 1966, p.7-8, it was Joseph Bardac, Sigismond's brother, who owned both the marbles of the Brongniart children and the terracottas; Gimpel sold the terracottas to Widener. [2] See notes of Charles Seymour, Jr., about busts by Houdon in the NGA collection, and the letter of 17 January 1911 from Joseph Bardac to Jacques Seligmann, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1996
Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 94-95, color repro.
2003
Exhibition of children's portraits held in conjunction with Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828): Sculptor of the Enlightenment, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2003-2004, no cat.
Bibliography
1919
Giacometti, Georges. Le statuaire Jean-Antoine Houdon: et son epoque (1741-1828) 3 vols. Paris, 1919:2: 4, 25.
1928
Vitry, Paul. "L'éxposition du centenaire de Houdon à Versailles." La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne 53 (1928): repro. 20.
1931
Maillard, Elisa. Houdon. Paris, 1931: 28-29.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8, as Louise Brongniard.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 138, repro., as Louise Brongniard.
1949
Seymour, Charles. Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1949: 183, note 53, repro. 163-164.
1961
Seligman, Germain. Merchants of Art: 1880-1960, Eighty Years of Professional Collecting. New York, 1961: 13, repro. pl. 21.
1964
Réau, Louis. Houdon: Sa vie et son oeuvre. Paris, 1964: 26-27, 95, 412-413, no. 92, repro. pl. XLV 93E.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 158.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 140, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 645, no. 1020, repro., as Louise Brongniard.
1993
Sporre, Dennis J. The Creative Impulse: An Introduction to the Arts, 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: 1993: 359-360, repro.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 109, repro.
1999
Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.
Wikidata ID
Q63809771