Bronze Age Gold from Wales
The young housewife
BONVIN, François (1817-1887)
Although largely self-taught, Bonvin was influenced by Francois Marius Granet and Gustave Courbet. Accepted by the Salon from 1847, he was successful during the Second Empire and received the Legion d'Honneur in 1870. This cabinet painting of a young woman peeling potatoes dates from around 1855. Its realism is based in part on the genre scenes of Jean-Baptiste Chardin (1731-68) and the seventeenth-century Dutch School.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2644
Creation/Production
BONVIN, François
Date: 1855 ca
Acquisition
Purchase - Pyke Thompson funds, 9/1914
Purchased with funds bequeathed by James Pyke-Thompson
Measurements
Height
(cm): 40.5
Width
(cm): 32.1
Height
(in): 15
Width
(in): 12
Techniques
oil on board
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
board
Location
In store
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