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ID number: BIRBI-2001.7 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Bonvin, François (1817-1887) Title / Object name: The Attributes of Painting Object type: Painting Place made: Paris Culture: French Date made: 1875/80 Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 49.4 x 60.5 cm unframed; 67.3 x 78.6 x 2.4cm framed Provenance: Private Collection, Besançon, France; purchased from Stoppenbach and Delestre Ltd, London in 2001 with financial assistance from Resource/V&A Purchase Grant Fund. |
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Bonvin came from a family of painters of humble origin and was largely self-taught. He specialised in scenes of domestic life and in still-lifes and was much influenced by comparable works by his eighteenth-century predecessor, Chardin. In this picture, which dates from c. 1880, he portrays the attributes of the painter, among them a palette and brushes, a portfolio of drawings and tubes of paint. The painting is one of a number of works Bonvin executed in the 1870s and ’80s. Inscriptions / Translations: Signed upper left.: F. Bonvin |
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