A realistic depiction of a vase holding large red, yellow, and white flowers.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A clear narrow vase which blends in with the background. Cut stemmed flowers are placed in the vase. The bottom layer of flowers are lush and red, there are a few pale yellow flowers above these red flowers. Extending slightly above the rest of the flowers are twp white flowers with six petals and yellow centers. The bright flowers stand out against the very dark background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.237
People
Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour, French (Grenoble, France 1836 - 1904 Buré (Orne), France)
Title
Vase of Flowers
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1883
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230068

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
34.3 x 24.8 cm (13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
framed: 42.9 x 33 x 5.1 cm (16 7/8 x 13 x 2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: Fantin 83

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Barbizon Gallery, London], sold [via Martin Birnbaum]; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1939, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.237
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 106; repr. as no. 391

Exhibition History

  • For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/16/2004

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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