Duchess de Fitz-James

1867

Henri Fantin-Latour

Artist, French, 1836 - 1904

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.3 x 42.2 cm (19 13/16 x 16 5/8 in.)
    framed: 71.7 x 60.3 cm (28 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1963.10.23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Commissioned by the sitter, Margaret, Duchesse de Fitz-James, [née Margaret Loewenhjelm], Château de la Lorie, Anjou. Alfred II-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley [1847-1919], Paris, by 1906.[1] Lintilhac, Paris. Albert Dubosc, Le Havre, by 1936.[2] (Galerie André Weil, Paris); sold 14 March 1950 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[3] bequest 1963 to NGA.
[1] The painting was lent by Beurdeley to a 1906 exhibition in Paris, and published in a 1911 catalogue raisonné as in his collection. Beurdeley was the son of Louis-Auguste-Alfred I Beurdeley [1808-1882]; both were fine cabinetmakers, collectors and donors to the Louvre. After the younger Beurdeley's death, there were over twelve sales of his collection, consisting primarily of prints, tapistries and objects d'art. The sale of modern and old master paintings held at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris on 6-7 May 1920 did not include this painting.
[2] The painting was lent by Dubosc to a 1936 exhibition in Grenoble, but was not included in a 5 December 1947 sale of the Dubosc collection held at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris.
[3] See the letter dated 14 April 1950 from Weil to Dale, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1906

  • L'Exposition de l'Oeuvre de Fantin-Latour, Palais de l'Ecole National des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1906, no. 37.

1936

  • Centenaire de Henri Fantin-Latour, Musée-Bibliothèque de Grenoble, 1936, no. 20

1951

  • Fantin-Latour: Flowers, Fruits, Figures, Scott & Fowles, New York, 1951, unnumbered checklist, repro.

1965

  • The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1906

  • Bénédite, Léonce. L'Oeuvre de Fantin-Latour. Paris, 1906: pl. XI

1909

  • Jullien, Adolphe. Fantin-Latour: sa vie et ses amitiés. Paris, 1909:197

1911

  • Fantin-Latour, Mme. Catalogue de l’œuvre complet, 1849-1904, de Fantin-Latour. Paris, 1911: no. 299.

1963

  • MacNeil, Neil. "Chester Dale: Collector." McCalls (November 1963): 124, repro.

1965

  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 67, repro.

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 48.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 41, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 124, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 494, no. 734, color repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 151, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: Fantin

Wikidata ID

Q20188695

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