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The gipsy

The gipsy
(La Bohémienne)
 (c. 1895)

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1895
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
55.4 × 46.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse: La Bohemienne by / James Quinn / July 5th / 1885 / by Fans Hals
Accession Number
9-2
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1895
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
Baroque bodices gaze (psychoanalytical concept) half figures paintings (visual works) reproduction (copying) smiling women (female humans)
Frame
Original, by John Thallon, Melbourne

Frame

One of several labels in the collection which itemise Thallon’s activities in carton pierre and fibrous plaster. More interestingly, the address has been crossed out in favour of a later one, suggesting the labels were intended to be current as to address and might be seen as reliable tools for dating frames. The profile is almost extreme in its simplicity and the strength of the edge it presents. It occurs in numerous small sketches in the ledger of John Thallon for the years 1888–1903, particularly among the profiles associated with Frederick McCubbin, but spread across a broad range of artists. The slip can be compared to the one on the Thallon frame for E. Phillips Fox’s Henry Giles Turner (654-2).

Note

1 Hilary Maddocks, ‘Picture Framemakers in Melbourne c. 1860–1930’ in vol. 1, Frames, Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art, University of Melbourne Conservation Service, 1999.

Frame Details

Framemaker
John Thallon
Melbourne
Date
1896–81
Materials

The frame is made from cast plaster ornament on a wooden chassis. It has been assembled from two sections, the inner part being a large-scale slip, fitted to appear as one unit. The inner frame is water gilded. The heavy oak torus is oil gilded with a dark patina. The working edge is painted ochre.

Frame Condition

Good original condition throughout, though dirty and a little worn.

Dimensions
78.0 x 68.0 x 11.0 cm; sight 54.0 x 44.5 cm

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