At the Watering Place

1889

Rosa Bonheur

Associated Names
Rosa Bonheur

Artist, French, 1822 - 1899

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on paper laid down on cradled panel

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Fund

  • Accession Number

    2023.109.1

On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery M92

More About this Artwork

In this black and white photograph, a woman wearing a black dress leans toward an arched mirror set into a wall, so we see the woman twice in this double portrait. We are situated slightly below her so we look up at the woman, who gazes down and to our right. The surface of the wall is smooth but lightly textured, like adobe. Trees reflected in the mirror indicate that this is outdoors. The woman in front of us takes up the left half of the composition. She faces our right in profile and leans to our right, at the far edge of the mirror. Her dark hair is pulled up in ribbon entwined braids. She wears long, chandelier style earrings and her high-necked black dress has puffed, lace sleeves. We see her face straight on in the mirror’s reflection. The woman’s distinctive brows knit together over her rounded nose.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Braswell Galleries, Norwalk, CT); purchased 1 January 1996 by Eve [1948-2021] and Peter [1943-2019] Mancino, Bridgewater, CT; (their estate sale, Schwenke Auctioneers, Woddbury, CT, 22 May 2022, no. 222); (Red Fox Fine Art, Middleburg, VA); purchased 2023 by NGA.

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