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Attractive Portrait of a Dog
Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886) probably executed this attractive and strikingly modern portrait of two women with a dog between 1870-90.
Notice how the dog is the focus of the painting: both women are looking down towards him. Here the dog is the focus of the portrait.
In swift and confident brushstrokes two women are seen standing with a dog in what seems to be a park setting. The paint is richly applied, and has the quality of embroidery - it is dimensional and warm.
No specific model or subject has been identified by art historians and critics.
NG5016. Presented as part of the ‘Harry Wearne Collection of Twelve Paintings by Monticelli’ to the Tate Gallery, 1939; transferred, 1956.
Oil on wood; 42 x 29.5 cm. Signed.
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Posted 16 Jun 08
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