Léon Bonnat: Portrait of William T. Walters ![reasonator:Q18749494](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Wikidata-Reasonator_small_logo.svg/5px-Wikidata-Reasonator_small_logo.svg.png) |
Artist | Léon Bonnat (1833–1922) | ![Léon Bonnat](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%28Albi%29_Portrait_de_l%27artiste_au_chapeau_-_L%C3%A9on_Bonnat_1916_-_Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Orsay.jpg/120px-%28Albi%29_Portrait_de_l%27artiste_au_chapeau_-_L%C3%A9on_Bonnat_1916_-_Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Orsay.jpg) | Alternative names | Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat | Description | French painter, printmaker and art collector student of José de Madrazo y Agudo, student of Paul Delaroche, student of Léon Cogniet | Date of birth/death | 20 June 1833 ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) | 8 September 1922 ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) | Location of birth/death | Bayonne | Monchy-Saint-Éloi | Work period | 1848 –1922 ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) | Work location | Paris, Rome (from 1858 until 1860 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1858-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ) | Authority file | | artist QS:P170,Q170259 | |
Title | Portrait of William T. Walters |
Object type | painting ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Genre | portrait ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Description | English: Before moving to Paris in 1854, Bonnat trained in Madrid. The stark realism and sharp contrasts in light and shadow of Bonnat's mature style reflect the influence of the great 17th-century Spanish master Diego Velázquez. Until the late 1870s, Bonnat specialized in historical subjects and scenes inspired by a visit to the Holy Land and Egypt undertaken with J.-L. Gérôme in 1868-1869. During the early years of France's Third Republic (1870-1940), however, Bonnat gained an international following for his dramatically illuminated portraits of statesmen and leaders in many fields. Because of their shared admiration for the animal sculptures of the French artist Antoine-Louis Barye, a close association developed between Bonnat, Walters, and the Baltimore expatriate and art consultant George A. Lucas. |
Depicted people | William Thompson Walters ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Date | 1883 date QS:P571,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium | oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions | height: 143.5 cm (56.4 in); width: 103 cm (40.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,143.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,103U174728 with frame: height: 178.7 cm (70.3 in); width: 1,714.8 cm (18.7 yd); depth: 11.4 cm (4.5 in)dimensions QS:P2048,178.75U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,1714.82U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,11.43U174728 |
Collection | institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number | 37.758 |
Place of creation | France |
Object history | |
Exhibition history | A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979. 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. 2010-2011. |
Credit line | Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1883 |
Inscriptions | Signature and date bottom right: Leon Bonnat 1883 |
References | Walters Art Museum artwork ID: 40555 ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) | |