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Scene from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Madame Jourdain Finds her husband entertaining Dorimène and Dorante

Oil Painting
ca. 1860 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting of a scene from Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Madame Jourdain finds her husband having dinner with Dorimène and Dorante.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleScene from <i>Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme</i>: Madame Jourdain Finds her husband entertaining Dorimène and Dorante (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Scene from "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme": Madame Jourdain Finds her Husband Entertaining Dorimène and Dorante', William Powell Frith, ca. 1860
Physical description
Painting of a scene from Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Madame Jourdain finds her husband having dinner with Dorimène and Dorante.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 44.5cm
  • Estimate width: 57.2cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882
Literary referenceMolière, <i>Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme</i>
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 105
Collection
Accession number
538-1882

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Record createdApril 18, 2007
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