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Gwen John
The nun (c. 1915-1920)
oil on cardboard
71.2 × 52.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1947
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About this work
From around 1912 to 1919, while living in Meudon, about ten kilometres south-west of Paris, Gwen John painted a number of the members of the Dominican Order of the Sisters of Charity. John had met the order’s Mother Superior, and promised to paint a picture of the foundress of the Sisters of Charity, Mère Poussepin (1653–1744). At the same time, John painted a number of the nuns currently living at Meudon. This is one of several portraits that John painted of Sister Marie Céline.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
1721-4
Department
International Painting
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Subjects (general)
Portraits Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
nun's habit nuns seated figures single-sitter portraits three-quarter-length figures women (female humans)
Provenance
Estate of the artist until 1946; Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1946 sold to Professor Randolph Schwabe; Felton Bequest 1947, recommended by Sir Kenneth (later Lord) Clarke and A. J. L. McDonnell.