Les écolier d'Anglet

Dateafter 1890

Artist Emilie Mundt (Danish, 1842 - 1922)

CultureDanish

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsImage: 16 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (41.3 x 64.1 cm)
Framed: 22 1/4 x 31 1/4 in. (56.5 x 79.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Fred Bancroft, class of 1985, and Suzy Bancroft, in honor of the class of 1985

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Not on view

Period19th c

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Painting

InscribedOn a label, by unidentified hand, on the reverse of the canvas, upper right corner in ink: Emilie C. Mundt / (1842~1922) / "Les écolier d'Anglet"; on lower stretcher, by unidentified hand, in pencil: Emilie Mundt to Dreuge / Fra [illegible]; on upper right of stretcher: Kronprinzen[illegible] 79 / F; on upper left of stretcher: 7446; on left edge of stretcher: 723; by unidentified hand, on reverse of the frame, upper edge in pencil: [illegible]; on the right of the frame is a partial label with "831-1868" "Glissement"; on the lower edge in crayon: [upside down] 7446

MarkingsTwo Arnbaks Kunsthandel, Bredgade, Copenhagen labels, one on the reverse of the stretcher and one on the reverse of the frame.

ProvenanceArnbaks Kunsthandel, Bredgade, Copenhagen; ...; Galerie Marie Watteau Gallery, Paris, 2006 or 2007
DescriptionA portrait of two young boys from the chest up wearing striped shirts and matching brown coats. The boy on the left has close cropped blonde hair and the boy on the right has slightly unruly brown hair; both boys look to their right and have a pink flush to their cheeks and lips.

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