Rose and Grasses

Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/15/1972	Treatment	re-housed
1/01/2002	Treatment	examined for exhibition; cleaned; re-housed; mounted

Exhibitions

A Vanishing Meadow: The Watercolors of Léon Bonvin. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1994.
Léon Bonvin (1834-1866). Government House, Annapolis. 1997.
The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
Near Paris: The Watercolors of Leon Bonvin. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2012.

Provenance William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1863, by commission (?) [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature and date] In black ink, lower left: Léon Bonvin 1863; [Number] In graphite, above center, verso: 59

Credit Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1863

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Creator

Léon Bonvin (French, 1834-1866) (Artist)

Period

1863

Medium

watercolor with gum heightening and a few touches of white heightening, iron gall ink and pen, over graphite underdrawing on heavily-textured, thick, cream wove paper
(Painting & Drawing)

Accession Number

37.1530

Measurements

H: 9 11/16 x W: 7 3/8 in. (24.6 x 18.7 cm)

Geographies

France (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View