Hawthorn Trees in front of a Nocturnal Landscape with Houses in the Background

1864

18.4 cm 24.4 cm

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"He had but the cold hours of the morning or the heavy hours of the night in which to draw and paint his water-colors."Philippe Burty, "Léon Bonvin," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1885, sponsored by William T. WaltersLéon Bonvin was born in Vaugirard, just outside Pa...

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William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1864 (?) [1] or 1867 (?) [2], by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] possibly one of seven purchased by Lucas in 1864 (see Randall, Diaries of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 172 and p. 174).[2] In a diary entry for 1 February 1867 George Lucas records ""At Actors & bought aquarelle of Leon Bonvin (Moonlight) for 45 fs"" (see Randall, Diaries of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 233). This could refer to this waltercolor, or, perhaps less likely, 37.1512.
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