Jules Breton

Acquired directly from the artist by Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1883;

Possibly, Samuel P. Avery, New York (by 1885);

Goldschmidt Collection (by 1889);

C. W. Hanford;

With Knoedler & Co., New York, 1906 (on deposit from the above);

From whom acquired by Patrick Valentine, New York, January 1907;

Thence by descent to Patrick Valentine II, New York;

Mary Valentine, Tampa, Florida (widow of the above);

With Guarisco Gallery, Washington, D.C.;

Private collection;

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 1 February, 2019 lot 414;

Where acquired by the present owner.

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1896 (leant by Mrs PC Hanford);

Paris, Salon des Artistes Français, 1883, no. 366;

Paris, National Exposition of Living Artists (Triennale), 1883, no. 104;

Paris, Exposition Universelle (Décennale), 1889, no. 190 (lent by Goldschmidt);

P. Burty, Le salon de 1883, p. 193, reproduced, n.p.;

Clément, Journal des Débats, 19 May , 1883.;

Baluffe, L’Artiste, 20 May, 1883.;

H. Havard, Le Siècle, 22 May, 1883.;

Ganillon, L’Univers Illustré, 26 May, 1883.;

Thurot, Le Courrier International, 31 May, 1883.;

A. Michel, Le Parlement, 31 May, 1883.;

H. Houssaye, "Le Salon de 1883," RDM, 1 June, 1883.;

C. Bigot, Revue politique, 1 June, 1883.;

J. Gauthier, Le Rappel, 2 June, 1883.;

D. de Pesquidoux, L’Union, 10 June, 1883.;

J. Péladan, L’Artiste, July 1883.;

C. Bigot, Gazette des Beaux Arts, July 1883.;

H. Havard, La France Illustrée, 21 July, 1883.;

A. Wolff, Figaro Salon, 15 September, 1883.;

J. de Fourcauld, Le Gaulois, 15 Septembre, 1883.;

Lavedan, Le Correspondant, 25 September, 1883.;

M. Proth, La Gazette de Hongrie, Budapest, 2 September, 1883.;

Pirard, Le Radical, 28 September, 1883.;

Dillaye, "Paysages et Marines, Salon triennal," Le Journal des Artistes, 28 September, 1883.;

X. de Charry, Le Pays, 29 September , 1883.;

R. de Jouval, Le Papillon, 30 September, 1883.;

R. Marx, Le Progrès Artistique, 5 October, 1883.;

C. Bigot, "L’Exposition triennale," Revue Politique et Littéraire, 10 November, 1883.;

H. Cochin, "Le salon triennal," Le Français, 19 November, 1883.;

Devillers, "Salon Triennal," Journal des Artistes, 23 November, 1883.;

E. Montrosier, "Le Matin/painted by Jules Breton," Paris, November 1883.;

The Saturday Review, London, 24 November, 1883, vol. 56, p. 664, cat. no. 1465.;

The Athenaeum, London, 11 April, 1885, no. 2998, p. 479.;

S. Avery, A Biographical Notice of Jules Breton, 1885.;

H. Delerue, "Jules Breton," Revue illustré, 15 March, 1892, vol. XIII, p. 220.;

M. Vachon, Jules Breton, Paris, 1899, p. 144.;

A. Bourrut Lacouture, Jules Breton: Painter of Peasant Life, exh. cat., Musée des beaux-arts, Arras; Musée des beaux-arts, Quimper; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 16 March-15 December, 2002, pp. 210, 212, fig. 180, reproduced.;

F. Brauer, Rivals and Conspirators: The Paris Salons and the Modern Art Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2013, p. 79.;