Portrait of Ambroise Vollard

Copyright

Work in the public domain
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Maker


1841-1919

Title

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard

Date of Production

1908

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 81.6 cm (canvas)
Width: 65.2 cm (canvas)

Object Number

P.1932.SC.340

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display
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Label Text

One of the principal modern art dealers in the early twentieth century and a shrewd businessman, Ambroise Vollard sold much of Renoir’s work after 1900. Renoir depicts him here as a connoisseur, examining a statuette of a kneeling female nude. The theme echoes portraits of collectors from the Italian Renaissance. Vollard’s features are somewhat idealised: he was a big, heavy man often mocked for his bald head and bulbous nose.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : top left & recto : : Renoir. 08

Provenance

Given to the sitter by the artist; purchased by Samuel Courtauld from Ambroise Vollard, Paris, June 1927; Courtauld Gift, 1932.

Exhibition History

On grandeur and grace - Maillol and Sintenis, Oskar Reinhart Collection «Am Römerholz», Winterthur, 18/05/2024-15/09/2024
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
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Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age, Fort Worth & USA, 08/02/1998-12/04/1998
Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age, Chicago & USA, 1997
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