Year 1890 Created 1890 | Medium Oil on canvas | |
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Dimensions 45.5 cm × 38 cm (17.9 in × 15 in) Owner Private collection Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross Artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau William-Adolphe Bouguereau artwork Work Interrupted, Première rêverie, The Goose Girl, Alone in the World, The First Mourning | ||
Bouguereau s gabrielle cot portrait painting
Gabrielle Cot is a portrait oil on canvas painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau from 1890. Gabrielle Cot was the daughter of the French painter Pierre Auguste Cot, the most notable pupil of Bouguereau. This painting was the only non-commissioned painting he ever painted.
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Background
Initially the work was started as a study for another painting but Bouguereau was enthralled by her charm and beauty, so he decided to paint a portrait of her.
Description
The painting measures 45.7 by 38.1 centimetres (18.0 by 15.0 in) and bears the artist's signature, W-BOUGUEREAU, and the date of 1890 in the lower left corner.
Exhibitions and provenance
The painting was gifted to Madame Duret by Bouguereau on the occasion of Gabrielle's marriage. Gabrielle married an architect named Zilin in 1890. The painting was exhibited at the Cercle de L'union Artistique in Paris during 1891. It remained in Duret's family passing down via inheritance until it was sold in New York on 25 May 1983. It was held in a private collection until being sold again in New York on 10 November 1998; it was exhibited a year later in 1999 at the Newington Cropsey Foundation.