Description
This painting depicts a young country girl offering apples to Renoir's wife, Aline. The boy in the straw hat may be the artist's nephew, Edmond, but the young girl with the ribbon in her hair has not been identified. Bathed in soft, dappled sunlight, the figures are united through the fluid brushstrokes that cover the canvas. The leaping dog provides an accent of humor and motion in an otherwise tranquil scene. The picture was probably completed at Essoyes, in eastern France.
Provenance
(Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, November 9, 1891, stock no. 1915, purchased from the artist) (1891); (Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, June 12, 1896, sold to Graf von Kessler) (1891-1896); Graf von Kessler [1868-1937], Berlin, Germany (1896-); Marquis de Biron [1859-1939], Geneva, Switzerland; (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, NY, February 5, 1941, sold to Leonard C. Hanna Jr.) (1937-1941); Leonard C. Hanna Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1941-1958); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1958-)
Accession Number
1958.47
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
Framed: 93 x 82.2 x 9.5 cm (36 5/8 x 32 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 65.8 x 54.5 cm (25 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
