A King Charles Spaniel
c. 1866
Artist, French, 1832 - 1883
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 90
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on linen
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 46 x 38 cm (18 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
framed: 66 x 57.8 x 8.9 cm (26 x 22 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1970.17.36
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Maurice Leclanché [1847-1921], Paris, by 1902 until 1910.[1] (Bernheim-Jeune, Paris), by 1910. Dr. Julius Elias [1861-1927], Berlin; by inheritance to his wife, Mrs. Julius [Julie] Elias, Berlin and Oslo[1866-1943]; [2] Eilif Moe, Lillehammer, Norway, by 1946.[3] (Frank Partridge & Sons, London); sold 1949 to (Wildenstein and Co., London, New York and Paris);[4] by whom sold 24 November 1958 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; bequest 1970 to NGA.
[1]Published as Leclanché collection in Théodore Duret, Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son oeuvre, Paris, 1902, no. 89; and again in Duret's Manet and the Impressionists, London and Philadelphia, 1910, no. 89. Not included in the posthumous sale of the Leclanché collection held in Paris on 6 November 1924.
[2]Published as with Mme Elias in Jamot & Wildenstein, Manet, Paris, 1932, no. 128. This picture was not included in a 16 May 1933 sale of the Elias collection held in Brussels. Mme Julius [Julie] Elias emigrated to Norway with her son Ludwig, in 1938. Ludwig was deported to Auschwitz in 1942; Julie died of natural causes in Oslo in 1943.
[3]Lent by Moe to 1946 Oslo exhibition. See letter from Kunstnernes Hus dated 16 December 1977 in NGA curatorial files.
[4]Following Julie's death, three French Impressionist paintings were exported from Norway to relatives in the UK in 1949 with the help of her lawyer/friend Moe in Lillihammer. See Gabrielle Sokoll, "Julius Elias, Halvadan Koht and das jüdische Exil in Norwegen," Scandinavistik 21:2 (1991):116-130. Wildenstein acquisition date and source according to letter dated 14 December 1998, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1867
Tableaux de Edouard Manet, Avenue de l'Alma, Paris, 1867, no. 42as Un chien épagneul
1928
Edouard Manet, Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, 1928, no. 17
1946
Fransk Utstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 1946, no. 11
1959
Masterpieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959, unnumbered catalogue
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 38, repro
1989
Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1999
Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1999, no. 19, repro.
Around Impressionism: French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1999, no cat.
2003
Manet en el Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2003-2004, no. 71, repro.
2011
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The National Art Center, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2011, no. 25, repro.
2013
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 42.
Bibliography
1902
Duret, Théodore. Histoire d'Edouard Manet et de son oeuvre.Paris, 1902: no. 89.
1909
Sainte-Croix, Camille de. Edouard Manet, Portraits d'Hier. Paris, 1909: 22.
1910
Duret, Théodore. Manet and the French Impressionists. Translated by J.E. Crawford Flitch. London and Philadelphia, 1910: 223, no. 89.
1919
Duret, Theodore. Historie de Edouard Manet et de son oeuvre. Paris, 1919: 247, no. 89.
1926
Moreau-Nélaton, Etienne. Manet, raconté par lui-même. 2 vols. Paris, 1926:I:86n, 89, repro. fig. 96.
1931
Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet: histoire catalographique. Paris, 1931: no. 118.
1932
Jamot, Paul, and Georges Wildenstein. Manet. 2 vols. Paris, 1932: 1:132, no. 128; 2:171, fig 348.
1938
Rey, Robert. Manet. New York and Paris, 1938: 163, no. 150.
1947
Tabarant, Adolphe. Manet et ses oeuvres. Paris, 1947: 131, repro. 129.
1970
Orienti, Sandra. The Complete Paintings of Manet. London, 1970:no. 113a, repro.
Orienti, Sandra and Denis Rouart. Edouard Manet. Paris, 1970:no. 112, repro.
1972
Bazin, Germain. Edouard Manet. Milan, 1972: 33, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 212, repro.
Rouart, Denis and Daniel Wildenstein. Edouard Manet, catalogue raisonné 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1975:II: no. 233, repro.
1978
Small French Paintings from the Bequest of Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978: 20, repro. (continuing exhibition beginning in 1978).
1982
Thomson, Richard. "'Les Quat' Pattes': The Image of the Dog in Late Nineteenth Century French Art." Art History 5, no. 3 (September 1982): 326.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 449, no. 650, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 245, repro.
1987
Rand, Harry. Manet's Contemplation at the Gare Saint-Lazare. Berkeley, 1987:40, n. 61.
1997
JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association 227, no. 2 (January 8, 1997): 92, cover repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: ed. Manet
Wikidata ID
Q20188681