Giovanni Boldini, 'In the Garden', about 1875
In the Garden
On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK About the work
Overview
The distant row of rooftops suggests that this small garden may be on the outskirts of Montmartre, where Boldini lived for several years. The garden has attracted a visitor; with a few brushstrokes the artist suggests the presence of a woman, dressed in black and wearing a hat, sitting by a flower bed and turning her head to examine a bloom.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- In the Garden
- Artist
- Giovanni Boldini
- Artist dates
- 1842 - 1931
- Date made
- about 1875
- Medium and support
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 23.8 × 19 cm
- Inscription summary
- Signed
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L802
- Location
- On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK
- Image copyright
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
- Collection
- Main Collection
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