. Deluxe illustrated catalogue of the very valuable modern paintings, sculpture and other art property collected by the late Theron R. Butler, Esq [electronic resource]. lorrer left, Ln. Bonnat. Height, 57 inches; nidth, 36 inches. No. 73IT A LI AS GIRL BY U&ON J. F. BON NAT No. 73 L^ON JOSEPH FLOREXTIN BONN AT FRENCH (1 ) ITALIAN GIRL The full-length, life-size portrait of a dark-eyed little daughter of stands in the open air, the full glare of a Southern sun illumining thegay colors of her costume and making brilliant her white linen by contrastwith the depth of the shadows
. Deluxe illustrated catalogue of the very valuable modern paintings, sculpture and other art property collected by the late Theron R. Butler, Esq [electronic resource]. lorrer left, Ln. Bonnat. Height, 57 inches; nidth, 36 inches. No. 73IT A LI AS GIRL BY U&ON J. F. BON NAT No. 73 L^ON JOSEPH FLOREXTIN BONN AT FRENCH (1 ) ITALIAN GIRL The full-length, life-size portrait of a dark-eyed little daughter of stands in the open air, the full glare of a Southern sun illumining thegay colors of her costume and making brilliant her white linen by contrastwith the depth of the shadows in the background. She wears a dress andapron of green, with a crimson bodice over a white linen chemise; her feetare shod in shoes cut from a single piece of leather and tied around theankles. On her head she wears a cap of white linen, enhancing by its spot-less purity the dark color of her hair, the olive hue of her complexion andthe liquid depth of her large eyes. She stands half turned to the right, onehand dependant at the side, the other raised as if expectant of charity. Signed at the lower Ufi, Bonn at. Height, f>l iiu het; trtdth, M\ FIRMAN GIKAKD KKENCH (1838- ) FLOWER MARKET (Extracts from a letter qfthe artist dated J876.) On the left of the second plane is the side of the Tribunal of Commerce, whichlooks upon the Seine, and is a type of the modern and very elegant style of building;the Boulevard of the Court of Justice separates it from the clock-tower, one of thebeautiful remains of the architecture of the Middle Ages. It is said of this clockthat it sounded the signal of the St. Bartholomew Massacre under Charles the turrets which are back of it, in actual repair, are named the towers of the State-prison and have been used as u prison heretofore—in the time of the Revolution,1792, Marie Antoinette was there imprisoned. At the right of the picture by the frame a part of the Chatelet Theatre; onthe same line the wharf of the Megisseni,
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