Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Bouquet of Roses
1903-1913
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 x 18 3/16 in. (55.6 x 46.2 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.286
Renoir's initial employment as a decorator of porcelain may have accounted for his life-long interest in still life. As a young man, he explored the genre with his Impressionist colleagues, Frédéric Bazille and Claude Monet. In this work, painted at Cagnes-sur-Mer in the south of France where he settled late in life, Renoir has focused on a sumptuous bouquet of roses in full bloom. In its expressive handling of paint and rich color, it speaks of his joyous response to the varied manifestations of nature.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by bequest, 1929; Dr. Claribel Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, August 18/23, 1926; Paul Vallotton, Paris; formerly collection Louis Bernard, Paris
Adelyn D. Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture", April 1, 1930-December 1, 1930, no. 53. (Exhibited as "Roses")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 86. (Exhibited as "Roses")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland", November 13, 1951-December 30, 1951, no. 132. (Exhibited as "Roses")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,October 23, 1953-November 22, 1953. (Exhibited as "Roses")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 21, 1955-November 4, 1955. (Exhibited as "Roses")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 28, 1958-November 24, 1958. (Exhibited as "Roses")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Fruit and Flowers", March 7, 1961-April 4, 1961, no. 30. (Exhibited as "Roses")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection", circulated to The Greensboro Public Library, North Carolina, March 31, 1965-April 14, 1965. (Exhibited as "Roses")
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, September 5, 1996-January 6, 1997.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse", no. 40, circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, March 12, 2000-July 16, 2000; The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, August 13, 2000-November 26, 2000; The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, January 8, 2001-March 11, 2001; Royal Academy of Arts, London, July 12, 2001-October 7, 2001; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, November 3, 2001-January 6, 2002.
Eric M. Zafran, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, "Impressionism to Surrealism from The Baltimore Museum of Art", February 8, 2002-April 21, 2002, no. 44.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Art of Still Life from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD, August 3, 2007-October 6, 2007; Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, August 25, 2010-October 10, 2010.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 86. (Exhibited as "Roses")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland", November 13, 1951-December 30, 1951, no. 132. (Exhibited as "Roses")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,October 23, 1953-November 22, 1953. (Exhibited as "Roses")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 21, 1955-November 4, 1955. (Exhibited as "Roses")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 28, 1958-November 24, 1958. (Exhibited as "Roses")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Fruit and Flowers", March 7, 1961-April 4, 1961, no. 30. (Exhibited as "Roses")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection", circulated to The Greensboro Public Library, North Carolina, March 31, 1965-April 14, 1965. (Exhibited as "Roses")
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, September 5, 1996-January 6, 1997.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse", no. 40, circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, March 12, 2000-July 16, 2000; The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, August 13, 2000-November 26, 2000; The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, January 8, 2001-March 11, 2001; Royal Academy of Arts, London, July 12, 2001-October 7, 2001; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, November 3, 2001-January 6, 2002.
Eric M. Zafran, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, "Impressionism to Surrealism from The Baltimore Museum of Art", February 8, 2002-April 21, 2002, no. 44.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Art of Still Life from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD, August 3, 2007-October 6, 2007; Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, August 25, 2010-October 10, 2010.
Julius Meier-Graefe, "Auguste Renoir," München: R. Piper & Company Verlag, 1911, p. 189, ill. (Published as "Rosen")
Julius Meier-Graefe, "Renoir," Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlag, 1929, pp. 329, 446, fig. 338, ill. (Published as "Rosen")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1930, p.6, no. 53. (Published as "Roses")
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 26, pl. 15, ill. (Published as "Les Roses")
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin, and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from The Cone Collection," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 21. (Published as "Roses")
Doris Brian, "The Baltimore Museum's Cone Collection: A Pointed Star," "The Art Digest," January 15, 1950, vol. 24, no. 8, p. 21.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, p. 39, no. 132, ill. (Published as "Roses")
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 39, no. 105. (Published as "Roses")
Gertrude Rosenthal, "Fruit and Flowers," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1961, p. 27, no. 30. (Published as "Roses")
"Loans to Other Institutions September 1964 through March 1965," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1967, vol. 28, nos. 2, 3 and 4, p. 25. (Published as "Roses")
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 119, 176.
Albert Kostenevich, "Hidden Treasures Revealed: Impressionist Masterpieces and Other Important French Paintings Preserved by the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995, p. 130, fig. 2, ill.
Sona Johnston, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection," Baltimore: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, 1996, no. 12, ill.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, pp. 118-119, 156, no. 40, ill.
Eric M. Zafran, "Impressionism to Surrealism from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2002, p. 21, no. 44.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower right in brown paint, "Renoir." Verso: Top stretcher, partial paper label, "ES/OTTON" Central support, browned square label in dark ink, "N°1576/Renoir/Vase de fleurs"; browned rectangular label, "1138"; square white label in black print, "LOAN/173.1950"; stamped, "TABLEAUX MOD/Paul VALLO/7, rue Gran/LAUSANNE"; black stamp, "10"; in black grease pencil, "11108"; stamped, "TABLEAUX MODERNES/Paul VALLOTTON/7, rue Grand Chene/LAUSANNE (Suisse")
On View at the BMA
