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.
National Gallery of Art, Washigton, DC, 1974, 48, B. 1978 Master Drawings from
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Here he had numerous opportunities to paint portraits in which he was marvelously successful and had few equals. He painted Cavaliers and Ladies of our city and all of them so lifelike and invested with a certain air, that .
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The crest bearing three cows’ heads, visible on the wall behind the sitter, indicates that this young man is a member of the prosperous Coymans family of Haarlem. The cows’ heads refer directly to the Dutch family name, which translates as „cow man.“ Archival and genealogical information, combined with the Latin inscription „AETA SVAE.22 / 1645“ below the shield, identifies the sitter as Willem Coymans, who was twenty-two years old in 1645.
Collis P.]
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(Christie’s, London, June 29, 1978, lot 248); (via P. & D.
John Beale Bordley, a close friend of Charles Willson Peale, raised the funds in 1766 to send the young artist to London, where Peale trained under Benjamin West’s tutelage. In the stormy years before the American Revolution, Bordley was a Maryland planter, judge, and member of the Governor’s Council.
[b. 1928], Louisville, Kentucky; gift of Mr. and Mrs.
This painting is one of several variants by Veronese of the subject, some completed with workshop assistance. It depicts a biblical account from Exodus 2:3–10.
Saint Petersburg; purchased November 1930 through (Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin; P.
