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Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1834-1923)
Phoebus Apollo dated 1896
Pen and ink with coloured wash on card | 27.8 x 21.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 913233
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A pen and ink drawing with wash on card of a nude Phoebus Apollo kneeling on the back of a winged Pegasus, holding a torch aloft in his right hand. Signed and dated. Bonnat was a French portrait, history and landscape painter. According to Sir Lionel Cust in his Reminiscences (1930), Bonnat visited Windsor Castle during the reign of King Edward VII.
Provenance
Possibly acquired by King Edward VII (when Prince of Wales) on a visit to Paris?
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with coloured wash on card
Measurements
27.8 x 21.4 cm (whole object)
