Portrait of Eugène Benon

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824 - 1898), 1882

oil on canvas, 60.6 cm x 54.5 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)

Object number: s0552S2022
Dimensions: 60.6 cm x 54.5 cm, 89 cm x 83 cm
Provenance: Possibly acquired from the artist by Eugène Benon; possibly M. Hermann, 1887; Eugène Benon’s son, Louis Georges Benon, probably 1894-1895; probably after his death in 1895 his widow Anne Anastasie Benon (Meyer); probably after her death inherited by her daughter Germaine Marie Adeline Benon and her son in law Adolphe Joseph Largillière, Cambrai; probably consigned by them to auction Paris, Hôtel Drouot (Tableaux Anciens, Dessins, Aquarelles, Pastels, Tableaux Modernes), lot 48 (Portrait de Monsieur E. Denon [sic]), purchased by Henri M.H.X. Puvis de Chavannes, Paris, 16 June 1954; acquired by a private collector; from whom acquired by private collectors; sold by them to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 10 November 2022.
artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)

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