Roses in a Vase

Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)

1872

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)

Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund

Accession number40.232

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

Description

Minutely observed still lifes of flowers, like this one, are among Fantin’s most celebrated works; these share the Impressionists’ interest in direct observation and domestic intimacy, but they also possess a hushed, timeless quality far removed from the instantaneity of Impressionist landscapes.

InscriptionsLower left: Fantin 72ProvenanceBy 1911, Madame Esnault-Pelterie, Paris [see note 1]. Galerie Tempelaere, Paris [see note 2]; sold by Tempelaere to Kraushaar Galleries, New York; sold by Kraushaar to Mrs. Sarah Choate Sears (b. 1858 - d. 1935), Boston; by descent to her daughter, Helen Sears (Mrs. J. D. Cameron) Bradley (b. 1899 - d. 1966), Boston; 1940, sold by Mrs. Bradley for $350 to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 9, 1940)

NOTES:
[1] Mme. Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet (1849-1904) de Fantin-Latour (Paris, 1911), p. 73, cat. no. 646bis.
[2] According to correspondence from Antoinette Kraushaar (March 2, 1942), the painting was purchased from Tempelaere. The reverse of the canvas has a Tempelaere stamp, with its old (pre-1925) address at 28, rue Lafitte.