Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011449A Nun Seated at a Table Knitting
About the Artwork
François Bonvin was a prolific watercolorist, and he developed a lifelong interest in modest religious subjects showing scenes of everyday life. This delightfully simple image of a nun knitting reveals the artist's appreciation for 17th-century Dutch artists such as Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), whose work he copied.
Inscriptions
lower left, in black gouache: F. Bonvin. 1862.
Provenance
[Christie's, New York (26 May 1977), no. 6]; purchased in 1977.
Exhibition history
French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002). Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- François Bonvin (French, 1817–1887)
- Date
- 1862
- Medium
- gouache and watercolor
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21.3 x 17.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2008.399
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