Full Record |
| Title |
Bouquet of Dahlias |
| Original Translation |
Bouquet de Dahlias |
| Collection |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Artist |
Fantin-Latour, Henri (French painter and printmaker, 1836-1904) |
| Date |
1871 (dated) |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
Fantin-Latour's still-life paintings were particularly popular with English buyers. Although in many respects as austere in observation as the artist's portraits, his flower paintings, such as this one, received greater interest from Victorian patrons wishing to decorate their homes. |
| Current Accession Number |
1958P15 |
| Former Accession Number |
P.15´58 |
| Inscription |
front ur 'Fantin 71' |
| Subject |
still life (flowers) |
| Measurements |
28.3 x 33.3 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by Mr Paul S. Cadbury 1958. |
| Provenance |
Agnes Elsie Bremner Collection until 1931; Geraldine S. Cadbury; Alderman Barrow Cadbury (d. 1958). |
| Publications |
Madame Fantin-Latour, Oeuvre de Fantin-Latour, 1911, no. 546; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Catalogue, 1960; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 60, ill. |
| Notes |
Label on reverse 'This picture by Fantin La Tour was / sent to Geraldine S. Cadbury by / Agnes Elsie Bremner a few days before her death on November 25th 1931'.
The painting may have been exhibited in the fifth exhibition of the Society of French Artists in 1872 as no. 25 (information kindly provided by Martin Hopkinson 2012). |
| Rights Owner |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author |
Dr Patricia Smyth |
