The Dancer was one of seven works that Renoir included in the first exhibition of the Société anonyme coopérative des artistes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, etc., which opened in April 1874. In contrast to works by most of the other artists in the group—soon to be dubbed the impressionists—Renoir’s paintings were relatively well received.
La Revue de l’Art no. 86, 1989, p. 64. [2] "Etats-Unis.
This model was likely an immigrant from the rural region near Rome. Corot dressed her in traditional costume and placed her in an Italian landscape.
Cie Stock Book no. 15, p. 165, no. 28865, Getty Research Institute.
[3] See Knoedler stock book no. 8, p. 156 and Knoedler sales book no. 13, p. 366
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd. Barry, Francis, Hon. Arthur, Thomas Glen M.
lower left corner: “Picasso.� On View East Building Ground Level, Gallery 103-B
Dutch seventeenth-century artists drew their subject matter from all elements of society. The refinement of the wealthy burghers in the second half of the century was best captured by Gerard ter Borch the Younger.
1959):116-119, repro. 119, 296; 2(1960):147-148, no. 139. 1960 Baird, Thomas P.
After the Reformation had brought social and political upheaval to Germany, creating an unfavorable climate for artists, Holbein moved to England in 1526. He first painted for Sir Thomas More’s circle of high servants of the crown and then became painter to the King himself, Henry VIII.
Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Cumberland and Crown Prince of Hanover [1845-1923]; (P.
Spinello Aretino. 1900 Catalogue of Paintings Forming the Private Collection of P.
Paris, 1937:repro. p. 25. Duret, Théodore. Renoir.
