Father Alcazin

Jean François Raffaëlli (in circa 1875-1880)

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Shira asked

Was this work exhibited somewhere in the 19th century? Do we know more details about Alcazin?
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Shira, all we know is that Mr. Alcazin was a life guard in Honfleur. Also, we know that Theo van Gogh organised an exhibition of Rafaelli in 1890 in Paris, but I can't tell you if this work was on show there. To find out more, it would require some further research, for which we unfortunately do not have the means at the moment. I'm sorry we couldn't be of more help. All the best, Rianne

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Here the Parisian painter Rafaëlli has portrayed a colourful figure from the harbour town of Honfleur, Alcazin the lifeguard. Vincent van Gogh greatly admired Rafaëlli's strong figure pieces. His brother Theo van Gogh organised an exhibition of Rafaëlli's work in Paris in 1890.

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Title	Father Alcazin
Material and technique	Oil on cardboard
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 36 cm Width 31.3 cm
Artists	Schilder: Jean François Raffaëlli
Accession number	VdV 63
Credits	Bruikleen / Loan: Stichting Willem van der Vorm 1972
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1972
Age artist	Between 25 and 30 years old
Collector	Collector / Willem van der Vorm
Internal exhibitions	De verzameling Willem van der Vorm. Schilderijen van Hollandse en Franse meesters uit de 17e en 19e eeuw (1950) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017)
Material	Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Cardboard > Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	France > Western Europe > Europe

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Jean François Raffaëlli

Parijs 1850 - Parijs 1924

Jean-François Raffaëlli initially showed an interest in music and the theatre before he became a painter in 1870. In the same year, one of his landscapes was...

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