Gabrielle Cot (French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl kɔt])[1] is an oil-on-canvas portrait painted in 1890 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Gabrielle Cot was the daughter of the French painter Pierre Auguste Cot, the most notable pupil of Bouguereau. This painting was one of the few non-commissioned portraits he ever painted.[2][3][4]
| Gabrielle Cot | |
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| Artist | William-Adolphe Bouguereau |
| Year | 1890 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 45.5 cm × 38 cm (17.9 in × 15 in) |
| Owner | Private collection: Fred and Sherry Ross |
Background
editInitially the work was started as a study for another painting but Bouguereau was enthralled by Gabrielle Cot's charm and beauty, so he decided to paint a portrait of her.[5]
Description
editThe painting measures 45.7 by 38.1 centimetres (18.0 by 15.0 in) and bears the artist's signature, W-BOUGUEREAU, and the date of 1890 in the lower left corner.[6]
Exhibitions and provenance
editThe painting was gifted to Madame Duret by Bouguereau on the occasion of Gabrielle's marriage. Gabrielle married to Louis Zislin in 1890. The painting was exhibited at the Cercle de L'union Artistique in Paris during 1891.[6] It remained in Duret's family passing down via inheritance. It was sold for the first time on November 10, 1998 in New York at Sotheby's without knowing its traceability and how it arrived in the United States. Contrary to the catalog raisonné, this painting was never sold at Phillips on May 15, 1983; it was exhibited a year later in 1999 at the Newington Cropsey Foundation.[6]
References
editCitations
- ^ Rubin, James Henry (1979). "Pierre-Auguste Cot's The Storm". Metropolitan Museum Journal. 14: 191–200. doi:10.2307/1512746. JSTOR 1512746. S2CID 193079291.
- ^ "Gabrielle Cot". allart.biz. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Artrenewal; William Adolphe Bouguereau (William Bouguereau) (1825-1905) Portrait de Gabrielle Cot". artrenewal.org.
- ^ "portrait-de-gabrielle-cot". books0977.tumblr.com.
- ^ Williams (2015), p. 1891
- ^ a b c "Sotheby's 19th Century European Art" (PDF). Sotheby's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
Bibliography
- Williams, Sarah (2015), William Bouguereau: Paintings, Sarah Williams, ISBN 978-605-03-4967-2
External links
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Media related to Gabrielle Cot at Wikimedia Commons- Portrait of Gabrielle by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
