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Collections

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Opera 'Messalina' at Bordeaux (Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants)1900-1901

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
Oil painting with four theatrical figures in red and green costumes on a stage-like space, rendered in loose, expressive brushwork
Artist or Maker
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
France, also active Austria, 1864-1901
Title
The Opera 'Messalina' at Bordeaux (Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1900-1901
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 39 × 28 1/2 in. (99.06 × 72.39 cm) Frame: 49 × 38 × 3 in. (124.46 × 96.52 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection
Accession Number
M.46.8.3
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Guégan, Stéphane, editor. Toulouse-Lautrec: Résolument Moderne. Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 2019.