Portrait of Jean Léglise, Merchant, Mayor of Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx

Léon Bonnat painted Jean Léglise in 1868. Léglise was a merchant and mayor of Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx. The portrait is oil on fabric.

The painting is part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection. It is classified under French 19th-century art.

Bonnat was a Grand Officer of the Légion d’honneur. He taught at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.232

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