Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Spanish, 1841–1920
Woman with a Picnic Basket
c. 1890
A young woman sits on a park bench with a picnic basket at her feet, shielding her eyes from the sun with a somewhat flirtatious gesture. Picnic scenes became increasingly popular in late nineteenth-century Paris, as parks became part of modern urban life. Though the picture captures the freshness of the outdoors, it was probably painted in Madrazo's studio.
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 25 3/4 x 19 1/8 in. (65.4 x 48.5 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.919 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Woman with a Picnic Basket, c. 1890, oil on panel. Clark Art Institute, 1955.919
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992.
Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012.
EUROPEAN PAINTINGS CATALOGUE ENTRY
Provenance
[Knoedler, New York, sold to Clark, 2 Jan. 1934, as The Rendezvous]; Robert Sterling Clark (1934–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
