The Dispatch-Bearer, Giovanni Boldini
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use “Fullscreen” link and download arrow for high-res image. Image is even higher resolution than the crops I’ve shown here.
A fantastic painter. Sometimes I think this guy rivals Sargent and Zorn.
See my previous post on Giovanni Boldini.










The young lady shown in the detail image would appear to be the central figure in Boldini’s “Crossing the Street”.Was she his wife,daughter or model I wonder.Gorgeous paintings !
Who let the Braque Saint-Germain out?
Good boy!
The sign (glasses) over the door of the Optometrists shop are 3D glasses! :-0
Far out.