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La Toilette
Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
49.5 x 60.7 cm (19 1/2 x 23 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession Number25.110
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower left: Fantin
ProvenanceWith Gustav Tempelaere, 36 Rue Lafitte, Paris, France. By 1906, with Obach and Co., London. By 1907, with C. W. Kraushaar Galleries, 730 5th Ave., New York, NY; 1907 sold by Kraushaar Galleries to Robert J. Edwards (d. 1924), Boston, MA; 1925, bequest of Robert J. Edwards to the MFA. [see note 1] (Accession Date: April 2, 1925)
NOTES:
[1] Siblings Robert (d. 1924), Hannah (d. 1929), and Grace (d. 1938) Edwards were each collectors of art, who seemed to have had joint ownership of the objects in their possession. When Robert died, he bequeathed his collection to the MFA in memory of their mother, Juliana Cheney Edwards. In 1925, after his death, part of his collection was acquired by the Museum, and the remainder went to his sisters, with the understanding that the objects would ultimately be left to the MFA in the collection begun in memory of their mother. The collections of Hannah and Grace were left to the MFA in 1939, following Grace's death. It is not always possible to determine exactly which paintings each sibling had owned.
NOTES:
[1] Siblings Robert (d. 1924), Hannah (d. 1929), and Grace (d. 1938) Edwards were each collectors of art, who seemed to have had joint ownership of the objects in their possession. When Robert died, he bequeathed his collection to the MFA in memory of their mother, Juliana Cheney Edwards. In 1925, after his death, part of his collection was acquired by the Museum, and the remainder went to his sisters, with the understanding that the objects would ultimately be left to the MFA in the collection begun in memory of their mother. The collections of Hannah and Grace were left to the MFA in 1939, following Grace's death. It is not always possible to determine exactly which paintings each sibling had owned.