The Jing-lar Society, Diploma of Fantin-Latour

Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914)

about 1867

Medium/TechniqueEtching on Japanese style paper with hand coloring

DimensionsSheet: 21 × 28.8 cm (8 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number2018.30

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InscriptionsInscribed in brown ink, with the signatures of the members of the Jing-lar Society: "Fantin" in the cloud of smoke above the volcano and the following names inscribed within the placard: "L. Solon - Bracquemond / Ph. Burty / J. Nérat / Z. Astruc / H. Fantin - Alph. Hirsch / Prudence / Bracquemond (?)" Inscribed in graphite on verso "94" or "97"

ProvenanceAlfred Beurdeley (b. 1847 – d. 1919; Lugt 421), Paris; March 18-19, 1921, possibly included in the posthumous Beurdeley sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, among “sujets divers.” By 2004, Frederick Mulder Ltd., London; 2004, sold by Mulder to Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels; 2018, sold by Eric Gillis Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)