Provenance

Isaac, comte de Camondo

1851 - 1911

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Two women and a man in front of a column and arch nearly fill this vertical, oval painting. The two women have pale skin with round faces, wide-set eyes, and full pink lips. The woman in the lower left quadrant of the painting sits on a moss-green cushion with her body facing our right almost in profile. Her face turns to us and is tipped up, the eyes cast heavenward and her lips parted. She has blond hair and wears a white gown with a voluminous skirt. A gold and possibly jeweled belt is looped over one shoulder and crosses her torso. Her right hand, closer to us, rests on the pillow and the other is slightly lifted to reach toward or touch the hip of the man to the right. The second woman is behind the first and wears a gold crown tucked into her long brown hair. Her mouth is closed, and her head is tipped slightly back and away so she looks at us from the corners of her heavy-lidded eyes. She wears a low-cut bodice and a buttercup-yellow robe, and one hand rests on the other woman’s shoulder. Dominating the right half of the composition, the clean-shaven man has dark, tan-brown skin. He wears a silver and gold helmet topped with a gold lion and a royal blue plume. His armor is scarlet red, and a lapis-blue cloak wraps across his middle back and over one forearm. He holds a sword in one hand a what looks like a lock of brown hair or fur in the other. He looks down at the first woman with his head tipped toward us so his eyes are hidden by the helmet’s brim. The column and arch behind the trio is pale yellow, and gray clouds, a sliver of blue sky, and the tip of a green tree are visible in the distance to the left.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Scene from Ancient History, c. 1750, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.365

Scene from Ancient History

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1750 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1939.1.365

This painting shows a brown jug filled with pink roses and green leaves on a brown surface that looks like a suitcase on its side. To the right of the jug are some stacked books, which are a light green color. The background is a light blue paneled wall or door, and there appear to be some open boxes behind the suitcase on the right side. The brushstrokes are thick and visible.
Edouard Vuillard, The Artist's Paint Box and Moss Roses, 1898, oil on cardboard, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.98

The Artist's Paint Box and Moss Roses

Edouard Vuillard · 1898 · oil on cardboard ·  Accession ID  1970.17.98

Bibliography

1908

  • Alexandre, Arsène. "Collection de M. le comte Isaac de Camondo." Les Arts (November 1908)

1989

  • Les donateurs du Louvre. Paris, 1989:163

1997

  • Assouline, Pierre. Les dernier des Camondo. Paris, 1997