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DESBOUTIN, Marcellin Gilbert (1823-1902)

Portrait d'une jeune femme
€800 - €1.600

Huile sur toile (45.5 x 38 cm), signée en bas à droite, cadre doré ancien

Desboutin was born in Cérilly, Allier on 26 August 1823. His parents were Barthélémy Desboutin, a bodyguard of Louis XVIII, and Baroness Anne-Sophie de Rochefort-Dalie Farges. He then traveled in Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. In 1857, he acquired a large property near Florence, the Ombrellino, where he led a lavish lifestyle and became friends with Edgar Degas. Desboutin himself posed for Manet, Renoir and Degas. He is depicted in Degas' famous 1876 painting L'Absinthe. Provenance: Collection privée belge

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