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Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin

Artist

WA-00046776

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ1596281

Field Verification (6 fields)

1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/6575
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

Why this artist matters now

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin was a French painter, printmaker, and writer. Desboutin always signed himself Baron de Rochefort.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 11d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (12)

Zelfportret van Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin met pijp

1895 · drypoint on paper

height: 114 cm, width: 77 cm

Rijksmuseum

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

1891 · pen on paper, ink

height: 425 cm, width: 425 cm

Rijksmuseum

Spelende kinderen van de kunstenaar

1879 · drypoint on paper

width: 279 cm, height: 199 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mme. Desboutin

1879 · Drypoint and plate tone on ivory laid paper

Plate: 24 × 16 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 26.6 cm (14 3/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Renoir

1877 · Drypoint with plate tone on cream laid paper

Plate: 16 × 11.8 cm (6 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 36.7 × 26.7 cm (14 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van Ludovic Napoleon, Comte Lepic

1876 · drypoint on paper

width: 141 cm, height: 193 cm

Rijksmuseum

Edgar Degas, Standing

1876 · Drypoint in black with selective wiping and plate tone on cream laid paper

Plate: 22.6 × 14.5 cm (8 15/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 27 cm (15 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van Madeleine Burty

1875 · drypoint on paper

height: 237 cm, width: 157 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Edmond de Goncourt

1875 · drypoint on paper

width: 122 cm, height: 160 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Emile Zola

1875 · Drypoint, with light plate tone, on ivory wove paper

Plate: 13.9 × 9 cm (5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 37.9 × 28.5 cm (14 15/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Alfred Cadart

1875 · Drypoint, with plate tone, on tan laid paper

Plate: 21.8 × 13.2 cm (8 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 45 × 29.2 cm (17 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Profile Portrait of Degas

1843 · Drypoint and plate tone on cream Japanese paper

Plate: 8.9 × 7.3 cm (3 9/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 17.9 cm (10 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

12 published of 27 catalogued · 19 with image

Art Institute Chicago
6 publishedof 13 catalogued13 img
Rijksmuseum
6 published6 img
+ 1 more source · 8 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Zelfportret van Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin met pijp
1895 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portret van Edmond de Goncourt
1875 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portret van Ludovic Napoleon, Comte Lepic
1876 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portret van Madeleine Burty
1875 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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