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| Title | Roses in a Glass Vase | |
| Original Translation | Roses dans un Verre à Pied | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Fantin-Latour, Henri (French painter and printmaker, 1836-1904) | |
| Date | 1873 (dated) | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Fantin-Latour's still-life paintings were particularly popular with English buyers. As with the artist's portraits, the mood is quiet and subdued and the viewer is made aware of the transience of natural beauty. Fantin-Latour made several visits to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy. He also befriended Whistler with whom he shared an interest in the harmonious relationship of tone and colour. |
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| Current Accession Number | 1956P5 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.5´56 | |
| Inscription | front ul 'Fantin 73' | |
| Subject | still life (flowers) | |
| Measurements | 36.2 x 36.8 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Miss Ruth Nettlefold 1956. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Pictures from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Agnew's, 1957, cat. no. 63; The Minories, Colchester, 1967, cat. no. 22. | |
| Publications | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Catalogue, 1960; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 59, ill. | |
| Notes | Thought by M. Tempelaire to be no. 633 of the Oeuvre, although the description does not correspond exactly. | |
| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |