Portrait of a Man in a Church

Details

Portrait of a Man in a Church

stamped with vente stamp 'Boldini' lower left--watercolor on paper
17 5/8 x 17 5/8in. (44.8 x 44.8cm.) unframed

Provenance

The Artist's studio; sale, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, June 28-29, 1936, lot. 39 (bt. Wildenstein and Co. 2,000FF)
Baron Maurice de Rothschild

Literature

C. Ragghianti and E. Camesasca, L'opera completa di Boldini, Milan, 1970, p. 114, no. 317 (illustrated) (listed as in the Museo Boldini, Ferrara)

Lot Essay

This work dates to 1900 and is comparable to two other watercolors, also purchased by Wildenstein and Co. at the studio sale of 1936 (lots 45 and 48). The pose derives from the portrait drawing of Edgar Degas in the Museo Boldini, Ferrara.