ANTIQUE PAINTING Roman Girl at a Fountain , LEON BONNAT !!!!!

THIS IS AN ANTIQUE

RARE PRINT OF

AN OIL PAINTING BY

LEON BONNAT

" ROMAN GIRL AT A FOUNTAIN"

THIS PRINT WAS

ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTS OF  BONNATS PAINTINGS

THIS PRINT WAS BROUGHT TO AMERICA

BY GERMAN IMIGRANTS IN

1900'S

THE AUCTUAL DATE OF THE PRINT  IS UNKNOWN

YOU COULD TELL BY THE PAPER AND THE FADED COLORS

THAT THIS PRINT IS REALLY OLD

I BELIEVE THIS IS A REALLY OLD PRINT COVER WITH A WAX PAPER

THE SIZE OF THIS PRINT  IS

27" TALL AND 18" WIDE

IT COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL WOODEN FRAME

BEFORE THIS PRINT WAS IN A PRIVET COLLECTION

IN A NONE SMOKING HOUSE

CONDITION OF THE PRINT

THIS PRINT IS IN A REALLY GOOD CONDITION

THE COLORS HAVE FADED

THERE ARE LITTLE TINY SCRATCHES ON THE BODY

BUT NOTHING MAJOR

THE FRAME IS IN A GOOD SOLID CONDITION

THERE ARE SOME CHIPS ON THE FRAME

THE BACK OG THE PAINTING IS IN A GOOD CONDITION

THE PAPER HAS YELLOWED

AND ITS REALLY DELICATE

ABOUT  THE PAINTING

 Throughout the nineteenth century French artists painted Italian peasants, representing them as the carefree and unfettered inhabitants of an idyllic countryside. One of Bonnat's last genre pieces before he turned exclusively to portraiture, the present picture conforms to this convention. Although Bonnat travelled to Italy in the late 1850s, the painting is only loosely based on direct observation. Since it is said to have been painted to the order of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, she may have suggested the subject.

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL PAINTING

Roman Girl at a Fountain, 1875 Léon Bonnat (French, 1833–1922) Oil on canvas; 67 x 39 1/2 in. (170.2 x 100.3 cm) Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887 (87.15.137)

ITS LOCATED IN THE

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURES FOR A BETTER DESCRIPTION

THE BACK PAPPER IS MISSING

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