After that, the picture will undergo conservation before installation in its permanent home in the Museum’s West Pavilion.
Young Man at His Window will be incorporated into the ongoing exhibition, Getty Highlights: 19th-Century Paintings and Sculpture, which features works by Van Gogh, Monet, Rodin, and many others in a special presentation of 19th-century European paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection. Prompted by the temporary closure of the West Pavilion paintings galleries for renovations, this exhibition is on view adjacent to the acclaimed exhibition Holbein: Capturing Character in the Renaissance. Both exhibitions close on January 9, 2022.
Young Man at His Window is a large-scale figure painting that is widely considered a masterpiece of modern realism and a key moment in the history of Impressionism. The Getty Museum purchased it at auction at Christie’s New York in November.
Young Man at His Window represents a pivotal moment in Caillebotte’s early career. He exhibited it to acclaim at the second Impressionist exhibition in 1876, when he was 27 years old. It was his public debut as a painter, and among his submissions, this painting received the most critical acclaim, after his famous The Floor Scrapers (1875; Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
The West Pavilion at the Getty Museum, which houses the Impressionist galleries, will reopen beginning in late January 2022. Young Man at His Window will be on view there for about a month prior to conservation treatment.