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oil paint (paint)31 × 43 Cm
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In this captivating double portrait, the fashionable Maistre sisters appear in complementary flowing muslin gowns and delicate gold jewelry. Ninette, in black, wraps her arm delicately yet protectively around her sister Suzette’s waist as both look out toward the viewer. French painter Antoine-Jean Gros created the visual sensation of a gentle breeze by animating the sitters’ gauze-like draperies and chestnut curls. Dense foliage, at times blending in with the curls, frames the pair and opens onto a gleaming landscape background.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 31 × 43 Cm |
| Tags | portraits: female subjectfoliageblack (color)jewelrylandscapenatureportraitportraitsportraits: multiple subjectsrivertreeswhite (color)women |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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at her death to the Legoux family, Paris....
at her death to the Legoux family, Paris. Portalès family, Paris. François Delestre, Paris
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at his death to Emil Vincens (died 1850), husband of Rosine, another of the Maistre sisters
at his death to Emil Vincens (died 1850), husband of Rosine, another of the Maistre sisters
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at his death to Mlle Aubry, cousin of the sitters, Paris, 1810–17....
at his death to Mlle Aubry, cousin of the sitters, Paris, 1810–17. M. Legoux (died 1847)
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at Vincens’s death to Pauline Frat (died 1863), the only surviving sister of the Maistre family
at Vincens’s death to Pauline Frat (died 1863), the only surviving sister of the Maistre family
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Dijon
Dijon
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Larry J. Feinberg in Malcolm Warner and Susan Wise, French and British paintings from 1600 to 1800 in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, Chicago, 1996, pp. 79–80, ill.
Larry J. Feinberg in Malcolm Warner and Susan Wise, French and British paintings from 1600 to 1800 in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, Chicago, 1996, pp. 79–80, ill.
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“La Chronique des arts,” Gazette de Beaux-Arts 6th ser., 117
“La Chronique des arts,” Gazette de Beaux-Arts 6th ser., 117 (1991), suppl. to no. 1466, p. 56, no. 242 (ill.).
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sold to Art Institute, 1990.
sold to Art Institute, 1990.
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David Maistre, father of the sitters, Genoa, until 1810 [this and the following provenance based on information provided by François Delestre in a letter of November 21, 1989, to Douglas Druick, in curatorial files]
David Maistre, father of the sitters, Genoa, until 1810 [this and the following provenance based on information provided by François Delestre in a letter of November 21, 1989, to Douglas Druick, in curatorial files]
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