File:Léon Bonnat - Portrait of William T Walters - Walters 37758.jpg
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Summary
Léon Bonnat: Portrait of William T. Walters
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| Title |
Portrait of William T. Walters |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Before moving to Paris in 1854, Bonnat trained in Madrid. The stark realism and sharp contrasts in light and shadow of Bonnat's mature style reflect the influence of the great 17th-century Spanish master Diego Velázquez. Until the late 1870s, Bonnat specialized in historical subjects and scenes inspired by a visit to the Holy Land and Egypt undertaken with J.-L. Gérôme in 1868-1869. During the early years of France's Third Republic (1870-1940), however, Bonnat gained an international following for his dramatically illuminated portraits of statesmen and leaders in many fields. Because of their shared admiration for the animal sculptures of the French artist Antoine-Louis Barye, a close association developed between Bonnat, Walters, and the Baltimore expatriate and art consultant George A. Lucas. |
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| Depicted people | William Thompson Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 143.5 cm (56.4 in); width: 103 cm (40.5 in) with frame: height: 178.7 cm (70.3 in); width: 1,714.8 cm (18.7 yd); depth: 11.4 cm (4.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
37.758 |
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| Place of creation | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979. 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. 2010-2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom right:
Leon Bonnat 1883
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| References | Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 40555 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source |
Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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