fig. 1
Joseph Bail
THE PRETTY PASTRY CHEF (LA JOLIE PATISSIÈRE)
oil on canvas
59 by 39 3/8 in. (150 by 100 cm.)
Further images
Provenance
Artist to Mrs Cambon, his longtime and faithful governess
Thence by descent to her niece’s husband
Thence by descent to the husband’s second wife
Literature
Thomas Docherty, The Politics of Realism, London, Bloomsbury, 2021, reproduced on cover