Girl in a Red Ruff by Renoir in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, August 2009

Girl in a Red Ruff

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French, 1841 - 1919

Geography: Made in France, Europe

Date: c. 1896

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (41.3 x 33.3 cm)

Curatorial Department: European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Object Location: Gallery 162, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Vogt Gallery)

Accession Number: 1978-1-28

Credit Line: Bequest of Charlotte Dorrance Wright, 1978

Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris, 1897; Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922), Paris; by inheritance to his son Pierre Durand-Ruel, Paris; by inheritance to his son Philippe Durand-Ruel, Paris. With Wildenstein & Co., New York, by 1963 [1]; sold to Charlotte Dorrance Wright (1911-1977) and William Coxe Wright (d. 1970), St. Davids, PA, December 6, 1963, until his d. 1970 [2]; Charlotte Dorrance Wright; bequest to PMA, 1978. 1. For the preceding provenance information, see New York, Wildenstein & Co., "Loan Exhibition on 50th Anniversary of Renoir's Death," 1969, March 27-May 3, no. 82. 2. Information from 1977 Dorrance Wright estate inventory by Carroll Hogan (registrar file).

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