Goldfinches
Léon Bonvin was born in Vaugirard, just outside Paris in 1834. Despite displaying great talent in the medium of watercolor he was largely unrecognized by his contemporaries. In 1866 he hanged himself at the age of 32, apparently due to financial difficulties. Working at his fa...
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William T. Walters, Baltimore, by purchase (George A. Lucas as agent) 1864 (?) [1], certainly before 1885 [2]; 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] Published as a wood engraving in ""Harper's New Monthly Magazine,"" 1885, captioned as ""owned by Mr. W. T. Walters."" Likely hanging in Walters' Baltimore townhouse from 1885 (“The Walters Art Collection, Recent Additions – Barye, Millet, Bonnat – Bonvin’s Water Colors,” Baltimore Sun, 1 February 1886, p. 4.), described in R.B. Gruelle's catalogue of the gallery ""Notes Critical and Biographical"" (1895), p. 189.
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