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Artists›Giovanni Boldini

Giovanni Boldini

1842–1931

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ362003

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Twentieth Century Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942–1943

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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

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About

Why this artist matters now

Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to a 1933 article in Time magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" because of his flowing style of painting.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 2mo ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery

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Artworks (18)

Bust of a Young Woman in Profile

1950 · paper

sheet: 35.2 × 25.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a lady

1912 · oil paint

7 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. (19.4 x 12 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Consuelo Vanderbilt (1876–1964), Duchess of Marlborough, and Her Son, Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill (1898–1956)

1906 · Oil on canvas

87 1/4 x 67 in. (221.6 x 170.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Mme. Lina Cavalieri

1901 · Oil on canvas

95.3 × 102.9 cm (37 1/2 × 40 1/2 in.); Framed: 120.7 × 129.6 × 10.2 cm (47 1/2 × 51 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Whistler Asleep

1897 · drypoint on pale green-gray paper

plate: 19.4 × 29.2 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.) sheet: 21.2 × 32.9 cm (8 3/8 × 12 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

J. A. M. Whistler

1897 · Etching on paper

Image: 18.5cm x 23cm (7 5/16" x 9 1/16")

National Portrait Gallery

Whistler Asleep

1897 · Drypoint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 19.6 × 29.4 cm (7 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.); Plate: 20 × 29.9 cm (7 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 30.8 × 45.4 cm (12 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Adolf von Menzel

1890 · Drypoint on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 26.8 × 39.5 cm (10 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 53.3 cm (14 13/16 × 21 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

After the Bath

1889 · oil on wood

overall: 25.4 × 34.29 cm (10 × 13 1/2 in.) framed: 34.61 × 43.18 × 5.4 cm (13 5/8 × 17 × 2 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Mrs. Charles Warren-Cram (Ella Brooks Carter, 1846–1896)

1885 · Oil on canvas

19 3/8 x 14 in. (49.2 x 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Famous Connoisseur (Fameux Connaisseur)

1883 · Crayon and pencil on graph paper.

6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Audience at a Parisian Theatre II

1880 · Graphite on cream wove paper

9.2 × 15 cm (3 5/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Audience at a Parisian Theatre I

1880 · Graphite on cream wove paper

8.9 × 15.1 cm (3 9/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Gossip

1873 · Oil on wood

7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gossip

1873 · Oil on wood

7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Dispatch-Bearer

1865 · Oil on wood

16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (42.5 x 34.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dispatch-Bearer

1865 · Oil on wood

16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (42.5 x 34.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of Edward G. Kennedy (1849-1932)

1842 · Black graphite

14 3/16 x 12 7/8in. (36 x 32.7cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

18 published of 45 catalogued · 39 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Nga
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Smithsonian
1 published1 img
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9 entries · 1 sources

Portrait of a lady
1912 · Met · 5 prov
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Bust of a Young Woman in Profile
1950 · Nga · 4 prov
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Smithsonian Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Audience at a Parisian Theatre II (c. 1885)

Art Institute of Chicago

Audience at a Parisian Theatre I (c. 1885)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art National Portrait Gallery Christie's

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

National Portrait Gallery

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Christie's

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Twentieth Century Portraits

New York · 1942