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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Sargent, John Singer,     Portrait group -- Family     Ethnic -- French     Portrait male -- Besnard, Albert     Occupation -- Art     Portrait female -- Besnard, Albert, Mrs. (Charlotte Dubray)     Occupation -- Art     Portrait male -- Benard, Robert     Ceremony -- Other     Architecture interior -- Domestic     Object -- Foodstuff     Object -- Other     Painting

Fete Familiale, (painting). Artist:  Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter. Title:  Fete Familiale, (painting). Other Titles:  Birthday Party, (painting). Fete Familiale: The Birthday Party, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1885 (?). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  24 x 29 in. (61.0 x 73.7 cm) Description:  Albert Besnard (1849-1934), his wife, Charlotte Dubray (1855-1931), and their child Robert (1881/82-1914) seated at a table. Mrs. Besnard, who wears a red dress, reaches across the table and cuts a piece of birthday cake, which is in front of her son. The candles on the cake are lit. Albert Besnard stands behind his wife near the table. His face is unfinished. A lit lamp is in the upper right corner and several dishes are on the table. Subject:  Portrait group -- Family Ethnic -- French Portrait male -- Besnard, Albert -- Waist length Occupation -- Art -- Artist Portrait female -- Besnard, Albert, Mrs. (Charlotte Dubray) -- Waist length Occupation -- Art -- Sculptor Portrait male -- Benard, Robert -- Bust Ceremony -- Other -- Birthday Architecture interior -- Domestic -- Dining Room Object -- Foodstuff -- Cake Object -- Other -- Dish Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 Accession Number: 62.84 References:  Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 154. Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Abbeville Press, 1982. Exhibition catalog: "Dedicatory Exhibition Honoring Mrs. Alice Tweed Tuohy, November 5 through December 5, 1965, Tweed Gallery, University of Minneosota, Duluth," (Duluth, MN: Tweed Gallery, 1965). "A Guide to the Galleries of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts," Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970. McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956. Illustration:  Image on file. Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 157. Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," New York: Abbeville Press, 1982, pl. 126. "A Guide to the Galleries of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts," Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970, pg. 23. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 80440051   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 80440051 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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