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Portrait of Jean Léglise, Merchant, Mayor of Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx
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Jean Léglise (1813–1876) was the mayor of Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, a small town near Bayonne in southwestern France. A trader in wood, he made a fortune from the construction of the railroad between Bayonne and Bordeaux. Bonnat painted a companion portrait of Léglise's wife, Maire-Augusta-Julie Léglise (1812–1894). The latter portrait, also signed and dated 1868, was donated to the Musée Carnavalet in Paris in 2001.
| Artist / Maker | Léon Bonnat |
|---|---|
| Date | 1868 |
| Culture / Origin | France, 19th century |
| Medium | oil on fabric |
| Dimensions | Unframed: 80.1 x 65.3 cm (31 9/16 x 25 11/16 in.) |
| Department | Modern European Painting and Sculpture |
| Type | Painting |
About the Artist
Léon Bonnat began his formal artistic training at the royal academy of art in Madrid, where his family moved around 1846. His primary master was the leading artist in the Spanish capital, Federico de Madrazo, and Bonnat was one of the few foreign artists of the nineteenth century to study Spanish art, largely through the Prado Museum, as part of an official curriculum. After the death of his father in 1853, Bonnat and his family moved to Paris, where he… Full biography →
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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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