XOS741861 Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in ‘Chilperic’, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 145 x 149 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA; (add.info.: Marcelle Lender (1862-1926) French singer, dancer and entertainer. Chilperic is an operetta by French composer Herve (Louis Ronger) (1825-92) and the image shows a performance at the Theatre des Varietes in Paris in 1895. Painting was formerly in the collection of American John Hay Whitney.); French, out of copyright
‘Marcelle Lender dansent le boléro dans Chilpéric’ (1895–96), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. National Gallery of Art, Washington. © Bridgeman/Giraudon
27 March 2014