The Pulpit of the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux

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The Pulpit of the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux

1907

Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842–1931)

Boldini was a society painter who was trained in Florence but worked mainly in London and Paris. His bravura style and facility with a likeness established his reputation in portraiture. The pulpit that is the subject of this "portrait" is itself a work of art, made by an eighteenth-century Bordeaux craftsman of carved mahogany with inset panels of red marble.

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Object Details

Title:

The Pulpit of the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux

Date:

1907

Artist:

Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842–1931)

Medium:

Transparent and opaque watercolor, with black chalk, on heavy wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (49.8 x 49.8 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Gift of the Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art with additional funds from the Alice Newton Osborn Fund, 1993

Accession Number:

1993-8-1

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