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168 - Richard BUCKNER (1812-1883) Portrait of Marie Charlotte Eugé…
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
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Richard BUCKNER (1812-1883) Portrait of Marie Charlotte Eugénie Doche (née Plunkett) as Marguerite Gautier in "La Dame aux Camélias". Oil on canvas. Signed lower right "R. Buckner f.". (accidents, missing parts and restorations). 97 x 61 cm This painting is a portrait of the actress Marie-Charlotte Eugénie Doche (née Plunkett) as Marguerite Gautier, the tragic heroine of Alexandre Dumas fils's famous novel La Dame aux Camélias. In the 19th century, the status of actresses like Madame Doche remained deeply ambivalent: celebrated for their talent as much as their elegance, they embodied a new form of visibility and independence. Their recognition was based on their performance on stage, but also on their control of their public image. Painted portraits, often translated into engravings (London National Portrait Gallery, inv. NPG D22474), thus became a veritable instrument of notoriety. Best known for his elegant portraits of women and actresses in costume, the British painter Richard Buckner regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Our painting reveals an elegant, theatrical composition, characteristic of the nineteenth-century taste for portraits of actresses, halfway between worldly portraiture and theatrical evocation.
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 1:30 PM
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