William BOUGUEREAU (1825-1905), academic... - Lot 428 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

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William BOUGUEREAU (1825-1905), academic... - Lot 428 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay
William BOUGUEREAU (1825-1905), academic painter. Autograph letter signed to the painter Frédéric Bourgeois de Mercey (1803-1860). 1 p. in-folio. Paris, November 3, 1855. Small tear (not missing) in the margin. Interesting letter about two paintings with which he is not satisfied, and which are not listed in the catalog raisonné of Bartoli and Ross, the portraits of the Count of Motijo and the Duke of Alba. He blames the "weakness of the materials" that were made available to him. "I give you the portrait of the Count of Montijo. If you want, sir, to take a look at it, you will see all the difficulties I have encountered; the eyebrow on the small side is missing, the modelling of the mouth and cheeks is untranslatable and the rest is the same. The portrait of the Duke of Alba is not much better. (Bouguereau: see also n°329, 341, 442 and 480)
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