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| Title | Charles Garnier | |
| Collection | Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums | |
| Artist | Boulanger, Gustave (French painter, 1824-1888) | |
| Date | 1884 (dated) | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | In this portrait of the famous architect, Charles Garnier is shown in profile, his head facing to the right. He has a moustache and thick, curly, greying hair. He wears a black jacket with a white collar and a black tie, in which there appears to be a red tie-pin. | |
| Current Accession Number | ABDAG002625 | |
| Former Accession Number | 1.1.11 | |
| Inscription | front lr 'G.R. Boulanger 1884' | |
| Subject | portrait (Garnier, Charles) | |
| Measurements | 32.5 x 26.7 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Alexander and Mrs Macdonald 1901. | |
| Provenance | Commissioned from the artist by Alexander Macdonald. | |
| Notes | One of over 90 artist's portraits and self-portraits commissioned by Alexander Macdonald, and by his wife after his death in 1884, from the artists whom he knew and/or admired. The portraits were of uniform size (Macdonald supplied each artist with the stretched canvas). Garnier used Macdonald's granite for the Paris Opera House. |
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| Rights Owner | Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums | |
| Author | Jennifer Melville | |