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Source Description
In 1866 William T. Walters commissioned a deluxe album from French art dealer Georges Petit (1856–1920) to house his growing collection of watercolors by the French watercolorist Léon Bonvin (1834-1866). This album tells us a great deal about how Walters viewed this artist. Placing the watercolors in an album helped preserve them and enhanced the sense of their preciousness, while encouraging intimate, close-up viewing of the individual works. For his album, Walters commissioned a decorative frontispiece and tailpiece from the flower painter Jean-Marie Reignier; these were completed by early 1867. This is Reignier's frontispiece which reads "Near Paris by Léon Bonvin."
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Document identity
localId
36619
label
Frontispiece for Bonvin Album
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
36619
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Frontispiece for Bonvin Album
description
In 1866 William T. Walters commissioned a deluxe album from French art dealer Georges Petit (1856–1920) to house his growing collection of watercolors by the French watercolorist Léon Bonvin (1834-1866). This album tells us a great deal about how Walters viewed this artist. Placing the watercolors in an album helped preserve them and enhanced the sense of their preciousness, while encouraging intimate, close-up viewing of the individual works. For his album, Walters commissioned a decorative frontispiece and tailpiece from the flower painter Jean-Marie Reignier; these were completed by early 1867. This is Reignier's frontispiece which reads "Near Paris by Léon Bonvin."
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1867, by commission [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1867
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30.3
height
23.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 15/16 x W: 9 1/8 in. (30.3 x 23.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In watercolor
lower right: Reignier 1867
RelatedObjects
37395
med
watercolor on smooth, moderately thick, blue-coated, cream wove paper
creator_ids
4002
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EAN
exhibition_ids
2069
3148
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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33ee0835ab259e65