Tailpiece for Bonvin Album  1867

by Jean-Marie Reignier

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 [url=http://useum.org/artist/Leon-Bonvin]Léon Bonvin[/url] (1834-1866). This album tells us a great deal about how Walters viewed this artist. Placing the watercolors in an album helped preserve t...
Size: 
H: 9 5/16 x W: 7 5/16 in. (23.7 x 18.6 cm)
Medium: 
Watercolor on smooth, moderately-thick, blue-coated, cream wove paper
Credit: 
Creative Commons License, Courtesy of The Walters Art Museum

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