Portrait of Mademoiselle Legrand
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French, 1841 - 1919
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1875Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
32 x 23 1/2 inches (81.3 x 59.7 cm) Frame: 40 × 31 7/8 × 4 3/16 inches (101.6 × 81 × 10.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
1986-26-28Credit Line:
The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1875Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
32 x 23 1/2 inches (81.3 x 59.7 cm) Frame: 40 × 31 7/8 × 4 3/16 inches (101.6 × 81 × 10.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 152, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Toll Gallery)
Accession Number:1986-26-28Credit Line:
The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986

A replica of this work is featured in Inside Out, a series of outdoor exhibitions throughout the region.
Label:
During the 1870s, when his Impressionist paintings sold poorly, Renoir supported himself with portrait commissions. This portrait of six-year-old Adelphine Legrand, the daughter of a friend and art dealer, shows the artist’s skill in capturing the hesitant personality of a young child, full of natural vivacity but determined to behave.
During the 1870s, when his Impressionist paintings sold poorly, Renoir supported himself with portrait commissions. This portrait of six-year-old Adelphine Legrand, the daughter of a friend and art dealer, shows the artist’s skill in capturing the hesitant personality of a young child, full of natural vivacity but determined to behave.
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Provenance
Alphonse Legrand, Paris, until 1910; Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by 1911 [1]; half-share purchased by Durand-Ruel (with Paul Rosenberg?) 1 December 1933; purchased by Henry P. McIlhenny (1910-1986) on 28 November 1934, for $35,000; bequest to PMA, 1986. 1. See Guy-Patrice Dauberville and Michel Dauberville, Renoir: catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. 1, 1858-1881 (Paris, 2007), p. 491-492, no. 495. While in the Bernheim-Jeune home at l'avenue Henri-Martin, the portrait hung to the right of the entrance to the dining room; see Jean Dauberville, En Encadrant le siècle, Paris, 1967, illus. facing p. 573.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit.