Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887), 1876, Oil on canvas, 67 1/2 x 42 3/4 in. (171.5 x 108.6 cm), Paintings, Alexandre Cabanel (French, Montpellier 1823–1889 Paris), In the mid-1870’s, both Catharine and John Wolfe commissioned works from Cabanel, who had made his reputation as a painter of genre scenes and portraits of Second Empire aristocrats. He ordered a variant of Cabanel’s most famous composition, The Birth of Venus
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Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1828–1887, 1876, Oil, canvas, 67 1/2 x 42 3/4, 171.5 108.6 cm, Paintings, Alexandre Cabanel, French, Montpellier, 1823–1889, Paris, mid-1870, Catharine, John Wolfe commissioned, works, Cabanel, reputation, painter, genre scenes, portraits, Second Empire, aristocrats, ordered, variant, famous composition, Birth, Venus
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