Giovanni Boldini, 1879 - The Dispatch-Bearer - fine art print

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Boldini made his debut at the Salon of 1879 with this vignette of contemporary urban life. The partially visible inscription of "garde républicaine" on the soldier’s bag indicates that he is delivering correspondence on behalf of the Parisian municipal guard. He has arrived so early that the concierge is still washing the sidewalk; a couple bids a discreet adieu at right. Large spectacles outside an optician’s shop encourage viewers to look closely at the action. One critic found the painting "a bit nonchalant and glittering," but praised its sense of life and rapid motion, concluding, "Boldini is more than a fashion painter."

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The Dispatch-Bearer was painted by the impressionist artist Giovanni Boldini in 1879. The over 140 year-old original was made with the size: 16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in (42,5 x 34,3 cm). Oil on wood was applied by the Italian artist as the technique for the artwork. Besides, this piece of art belongs to the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art located in New York City, New York, United States of America. This public domain piece of art is being supplied with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Martha T. Fiske Collord, in memory of her first husband, Josiah M. Fiske, 1908. : Bequest of Martha T. Fiske Collord, in memory of her first husband, Josiah M. Fiske, 1908. Besides this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Giovanni Boldini was an artist from Italy, whose artistic style was mainly Impressionism. The European artist lived for a total of 89 years and was born in the year 1842 in Ferrara, Ferrara province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and deceased in the year 1931 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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