Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Portrait of Eugène Coppens de Fontenay

Portrait of Eugène Coppens de Fontenay

James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836 - 1902

Geography:
Made in Paris, France, Europe

Date:
1867

Medium:
Oil on canvas

Dimensions:
27 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches (69.8 x 39.1 cm)

Curatorial Department:
European Painting

* Gallery 151, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Annenberg Galleries; Colket Gallery)

Accession Number:
W1972-2-1

Credit Line:
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1972

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Before he left for England in 1871, Tissot was one of the most sought-after portraitists of chic Paris society, partly due to his skill for placing his haughty sitters in lavish settings suggestive of wealth and sophistication. This portrait shows the president of the exclusive Jockey Club in Paris.

Provenance

Monsieur Coppens de Fontenay; sale, Christie's, London, March 5, 1971, no. 71; purchased by Holstein; with H. Shickman Gallery, New York, by October 1971; purchased by the City of Philadelphia with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, March 14, 1972.

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