Portrait of Francois-Joseph Regnier
Series TitlePortraits of Actors from the Comédie Française
Artist
Julien Vallou de Villeneuve
(French, 1795 - 1866)
Date1853
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 3/8 × 4 5/8 inches (16.19 × 11.75 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.44.23.8
SignedInitialed on sheet recto, lower right corner, on negative: "J.V.V"
InscribedOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "Regnier"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionPortrait of seated man wearing a flamboyant costume which includes a round hat, a short jacket which is heavily-adorned, and pants with tassles and decorative sides which end just below the knee.Gallery LabelProvenance
Gérard Lévy, Paris, France;
Purchased at his sale, Photographies de Collection L'Excellence d'un Regard, Millon, Paris, France, December 20, 2016, lot 16, by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA;
Purchased from them by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Purchased at his sale, Photographies de Collection L'Excellence d'un Regard, Millon, Paris, France, December 20, 2016, lot 16, by Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA;
Purchased from them by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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Julien Vallou de Villeneuve
1853
2017.44.23.9
