Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
Fantin-Latour, H.
Portrait du peintre Anglais Ridley
signed and dated '-Fantin 1861.-' (upper left)
oil on canvas
28.5/8 x 23 in. (72.7 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted in 1861
Provenance
Gustave Tempelaere, Paris.
Raymond Koechlin, Paris.
F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris.
Boussod, Valadon & cie., Paris.
Paul Gallimard, Paris.
Wallis & Son, London.
Ms. Wiss (?), Rotterdam.
Literature
Mme. Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Complet de Henri Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911, p. 24, no. 168.
F. Gibson, The Art of Henri Fantin-Latour: His Life and Work, London, 1924, p. 41 & 98.
A. Jullien, Fantin-Latour, sa vie et ses amitis, Paris, 1909, p. 81 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1861, no. 1061 (as Etude d'aprs nature)
Paris, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition de l'oeuvre de Fantin-Latour, May-June 1906, no. 25 (illustrated).
Amsterdam, Van Wisselingh Gallery, Cent ans de peinture franaise, no. 28 (illustrated)
Rotterdam, Boymans Museum, December 1933 - January 1934, no. 33 (illustrated).
Grenoble, Museum of Grenoble, Centennaire de Henri Fantin-Latour, 1936, no. 10 (illustrated).
Japan, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Fantin-Latour, September-November 1998, no. 3 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the catalogue raisonn of Fantin-Latour's paintings and pastels by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau now in preparation.