Provenance
Monsieur Bénédict, by 1946;[1] Mme Manet by 1951;[2] Jacques Normand; (his estate sale 29-30 October 2003, Guy Herdhebaut, Drouot Richelieu, Salle 7, Paris, as attributed to Pierre Dupuis). (Sale, Sotheby’s New York, 22 January 2004, no. 215); Miriam [1937–2024] and Eliezer H. Benbassat [1934–2022], Washington, DC; The Miriam Benbassat Trust; gift 2025 to NGA.
[1] A photocopy of an index card in NGA curatorial files, presumably from the Galerie Charpentier for its 1946 exhibition_ La Vie Silencieuse_, seems to indicate that the painting, attributed to Moillon at the time, was from Monsieur Bénédict.
[2] The catalogue for the 1951 exhibition _ Natures mortes françaises du XVIIe siècle à nos jours_ at the Galerie Charpentier named Mme. Monet as the owner of three still lifes, including this one, attributed to Moillon.
Accession Number
2025.11.5
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 32.5 × 45 cm (12 13/16 × 17 11/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Miriam and Eliezer Benbassat