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Bouquet of Holly

Léon Bonvin

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Date
1863
Medium
watercolor with gum heightening, gouache details, iron gall ink and pen, over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions
H: 9 5/8 × W: 7 5/16 in. (24.5 × 18.6 cm)Framed H: 21 1/4 × W: 16 1/4 × D: 1 5/16 in. (53.98 × 41.28 × 3.33 cm)
Credit
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] In a diary entry Lucas records that Bonvin made 12 watercolors for William T. Walters in 1863. The commission was likely given on 12 February (see Randall, Diary of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 150), on 14 October of the same year Lucas records "Bonvin delivered the 12th flower for W's - paid him the remaining 100 fs making 300 fs for the 12" (Randall, Diary of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 163).

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Léon Bonvin, Bouquet of Holly, 1863, watercolor with gum heightening, gouache details, iron gall ink and pen, over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

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Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] In a diary entry Lucas records that Bonvin made 12 watercolors for William T. Walters in 1863. The commission was likely given on 12 February (see Randall, Diary of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 150), on 14 October of the same year Lucas records "Bonvin delivered the 12th flower for W's - paid him the remaining 100 fs making 300 fs for the 12" (Randall, Diary of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, p. 163).

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