Physical Dimensions: overall: 83 × 64.2 cm (32 11/16 × 25 1/4 in.)
framed: 109.2 x 90.2 x 8.9 cm (43 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Provenance: The sitter, Edmond Maître [d. 1898]; his brother, Léon Maître.[1] André Bazille, nephew of artist, from at least 1935 until 1941; Mme Rachou-Bazille, in 1959.[2] (Wildenstein, London, New York and Paris); sold August 1960 to Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA;[3] gift 1985 to NGA.
[1]See Michel Schulman, _Frédéric Bazille, 1841-1870, catalogue raisonné_, Paris, 1995, no. 48. [2] Lent by André Bazille to exhibitions in Paris in 1935 and 1937 and in Montpellier in 1941. Lent by Mme Rachou-Bazille to exhibition in Montpellier in 1959. [2]Acquisition date and source according to Paul Mellon records in NGA curatorial files.