Henri Matisse
Violinist and Young Girl (“Divertissement”)
1920
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 20 x 25 3/4 in. (50.8 x 65.4 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.243
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, 1929; Claribel Cone by purchase, 1923; from Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; Georges Bernheim, by purchase, 1922; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune; from Henri Matisse, 1922
Adelyn D. Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," April 1, 1930 - December 1, 1930, no. 21. (Exhibited as "The Musicians")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection," May 12, 1934 - October 1, 1934, no. 20.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection," October 7, 1949 - December 31, 1949, no. 45. (Exhibited as "Divertissement")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Behold the Child," November 7, 1950 - December 3, 1950. (Exhibited as "Divertissement")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection," circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,October 23, 1953 - November 22, 1953, cat. 45. (Exhibited as "Divertissement")
Grace L. McCann Morley, University of California, Berkeley, "Art from Ingres to Pollock: Painting and Sculpture since Neoclassicism," March 6, 1960 - April 3, 1960. (Exhibited as "Divertissement")
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 3, 1996 - December 28, 1996, no. 17; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8, 1997 - February 11, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to The Denver Art Museum, March 11, 2000 - June 25, 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000 - September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000 - January 28, 2001.
Eric M. Zafran, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, "Impressionism to Surrealism from the Baltimore Museum of Art," February 8, 2002 - April 21, 2002, no. 25.
The Muskegon Museum of Art, MI, October 12, 2004 - September 4, 2005. (Exchange Loan)
Musé Matisse - Nice, "Henri Matisse: La Musicalité d'une oeuvre," June 21, 2013 - Sept 20, 2013.
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, "Matisse and Marguerite", April 4, 2025 - August 24, 2025.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection," May 12, 1934 - October 1, 1934, no. 20.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection," October 7, 1949 - December 31, 1949, no. 45. (Exhibited as "Divertissement")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Behold the Child," November 7, 1950 - December 3, 1950. (Exhibited as "Divertissement")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection," circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,October 23, 1953 - November 22, 1953, cat. 45. (Exhibited as "Divertissement")
Grace L. McCann Morley, University of California, Berkeley, "Art from Ingres to Pollock: Painting and Sculpture since Neoclassicism," March 6, 1960 - April 3, 1960. (Exhibited as "Divertissement")
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 3, 1996 - December 28, 1996, no. 17; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8, 1997 - February 11, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to The Denver Art Museum, March 11, 2000 - June 25, 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000 - September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000 - January 28, 2001.
Eric M. Zafran, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, "Impressionism to Surrealism from the Baltimore Museum of Art," February 8, 2002 - April 21, 2002, no. 25.
The Muskegon Museum of Art, MI, October 12, 2004 - September 4, 2005. (Exchange Loan)
Musé Matisse - Nice, "Henri Matisse: La Musicalité d'une oeuvre," June 21, 2013 - Sept 20, 2013.
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, "Matisse and Marguerite", April 4, 2025 - August 24, 2025.
"Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1930, p.5, no. 21. (Published as "The Musicians")
S.D. Emmart, "Art-The Cone Collection and The Independents' Exhibition," "The Baltimore Sun," March 30, 1930, Section 3, p. 12, ill. p. 12. (Published as "Two Girls")
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 24, pl. 45, ill. (Published as "Divertissement")
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, pp. 5, 16, no. 45, ill. p. 5. (Published as "Divertissement")
"$3,000,000 Art Collection," "Look Magazine," April 25, 1950, vol. 14, no. 9, p. 104, ill.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "Behold the Child," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1950, p. 17. (Published as "Divertissement")
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, p. 557. (Published as "Divertissement")
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. 34, no. 58, ill. (Published as "Divertissement")
Grace L. McCann Morley and Herschel B. Chipp, "Art from Ingres to Pollock: Painting and Sculpture since Neoclassicism," Berkeley: University of California,1960, pp. 26, 28, 54. (Published as "Divertissement")
Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1962, p. 172, ill.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 67, no. 55. (Published as "Divertissement")
Felix Baumann, "Henri Matisse," Zürich and Düsseldorf: Kunsthaus Zürich and Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1982, p. 45, ill.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 26, 173, p. 26, ill.
Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud, "Matisse: Le Rythme et la Ligne," Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, p. 307, ill.
Jack Flam, ed., "Matisse: A Retrospective," New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1988, pp. 197, 392, p. 197, ill.
Guy-Patrice and Michel Dauberville, "Henri Matisse Chez Bernheim-Jeune, vols. 1-2" Paris: Éditions Bernheim-Jeune, 1995, pp. 1001-1002, 1439, no. 469, ill. (Published as "La violoniste et la jeune fille")
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, pp. 65, 147, 158, no. 17, ill.
John O'Brian, "Ruthless Hedonism: The American Reception of Matisse," Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999, p. 82, fig. 32, ill.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, p. 36, ill.
Mary Gabriel, "The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone," Baltimore: Bancroft Press, 2002, pp. 140, 251, n.p., ill.
Eric M. Zafran, "Impressionism to Surrealism from The Baltimore Museum of Art," Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2002, p. 18, no. 25.
Ellen B. Hirschland and Nancy Hirschland Ramage, "The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt," Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008, pp. 220, 277, fig. 7, ill.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, ill. fig. 12.
Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle. Matisse et Marguerite: le regard d'un père. Paris: Paris-Musées, 2025, page 155, cat. no. 87.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower right in paint, "Henri-Matisse"
