Phryne

Gustave Boulanger (1824 - 1888), Rome, 1850

oil on canvas, 140 cm x 106 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Object number
s0456S1996
Dimensions
140 cm x 106 cm, 185 cm x 151 cm
Provenance
Auction Paris, Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr at Hotel Drouot (Bronzes, tableaux principalement du XIXe siècle), lot 44 (Nu au miroir), sold for FRF 110.000, 5 April 1992; sold by Galerie Elstir, Paris to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 21 February 1996.
artist
Gustave Boulanger
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution, 1850-1910, 22 September 2015-17 January 2016

Dusseldorf, Museum Kunstpalast, Diana und Actaeon : der verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit, 25 October 2008-15 February 2009

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Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Blühm, Andreas, Heugten, Sjraar van, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1996, 1997, p. 195-196

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Thomson, Richard, Houbre, Gabrielle, Bakker, Nienke, Splendeurs & misères : images of prostitution in France, 1850-1910, 2015, p. 16, 26-27, 232, 285

Leeuw, Ronald de, Gustave Boulanger : Phryne : courtisane en beeldhouwersmodel : Recente aanwinst, p. 10-13

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