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AT-00009575Portrait of Jean Léglise, Merchant, Mayor of Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
Signed upper left: Ln Bonnat. / 1868.
Provenance
1973: (Hôtel Drouot, sale, March 14, 1973, no. 84, sold to François-Gérard Seligmann) 1973-1976: (François-Gérard Seligmann, sold to Cyril Humphris) 1976-1977: (Cyril Humphris, London, sold to Noah L. Butkin) 1977-1980: Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Muriel S. Butkin 1980-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Exhibition history
The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830 - 1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 12, 1980-January 18, 1981). Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Léon Bonnat (French, 1833–1922)
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 80.1 x 65.3 cm (31 9/16 x 25 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
- Accession no.
- 1980.232
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