Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:
Jean-François Raffaëlli
(1850-1924)
at the 5th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1880
an impression of his exhibited art-works
Which art-works did Raffaëlli exhibit in 1880? On this page you will see an accounted impression of the about 46 art-works that Jean-François Raffaëlli probably showed at the 5th ‘impressionist’ exposition of 1880 in Paris (catalogue numbers 144-179+3hc). With this large amount of art-works you could say that he was treated as a guest of honour. Raffaëlli depicted many ragpickers and many waste lands. It included at least 10 etchings, 12 aquarelles and 3 pastels. I render the pictures in order of form and in a more thematical order. At the end you will find the etchings he had exhibited. Note: If you double click on the first (of a cluster of) pictures and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-146, Terrains remblayés de démolitions. Maybe?: 18xx, En Hiver, le cantonnier (The roadmender, winter), on panel, 52×72, A2014/12/09 (iR15;iR2,p313) Compare: 5IE-1880-172.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-146, Terrains remblayés de démolitions. Maybe?: 1880-90, faubourgs parisiens (The outskirts of Paris), xx, NLm Hannover (iR204;aR11;iR35;iR6;R2,p313). Compare 6IE-1881-95.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-153, Le mouvement, dans la route d’Argenteuil; pastel. Compare: 1880-90, a street in Asnières, on panel, 55×46, A2019/03/29 (iR15;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-153, Le mouvement, dans la route d’Argenteuil; pastel. Maybe??: 18xx, landscape with a peasant on the road, pastel, 42×58, A2007/06/19 (iR204;iR14;iR11;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-168, Par de la brume et du vent; étude à l’aquarelle. Compare: 1xxx, les environs de Paris, sous la neige, 33×46, A2000/04/06 (iR11;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-168, Par de la brume et du vent; étude à l’aquarelle. Compare: 1xxx, Paysanne avec chiens près d’une maison (Banlieu de Paris), 30×40, A2011/06/21 (iR11;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-173, La plaine de Gennevilliers. Compare: 1905, D64-2, Le Village sur la Colline, colour etch ps, 21×28, A2006/05/04 (iR11;iR40;R138XVI,no64;aR7;R2,p313;R90II,p155). Compare: se1884-128 (aR14,p16) + SNBA-1905-x.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-173, La plaine de Gennevilliers. Compare: 1xxx, la plaine Saint-Denis, 66×87, A2011/06/21 (iR11;R2,p313;R90II,p155). Compare: se1884-128 (aR14,p16).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-176, Du soleil sur la grande route. Probably: 18xx, la route ensoleillée (bank of the Seine), on board, 65×83, A2015/12/15 (iR11;iR204;iR15;iR2;R2,p313;R90II,p156) Compare: Delteil 9.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-176, Du soleil sur la grande route. Compare: 1912ca (or1905), D99-2, La route ensoleille, colour etch, 21×27, A2009/09/24 (iR11;iR40;aR10;R138XVI,no99;R2,p313;R90II,p156)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-154, La route, hors les murs des fortifications, par la neige. Compare: 1xxx, Snowy landscape, 80×64, A2016/06/15 (iR13;iR11;R2,p313;R90II,p155) Compare 5IE-1880-168.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-179, Anes et poules dans l’herbe; aquarelle. Compare: 1906, Les petits anes, colour etch, 45×56, A2016/06/22 (iR11;R138XVI,no69;R90II,p173;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 5IE-1880-148, Salon d’attente d’un dentiste; appartient à M. Levallois =1878, At the dentist, on panel, 14×22, CM Utrecht (iR6;Mx;iR10;R90II,p171;R2,p313;M75) =se1884-38bis
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-160, Bonhomme tirant une brouette. Compare: 1xxx, Cityscape street scene, 45×53, A2019/08/18 (iR17;iR10;R2,p313;R90II,p154)
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 5IE-1880-150, Maire et conseiller municipal; appartient à M. Salomon =1879ca, Mayor and town counselor, 54×73, private (R2,p331;R90II,p172) Compare: 5IE-1880-175.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-175, Dessin de mon tableau, Maire et Conseiller municipal. Compare: 1879ca, Mayor and town counselor, dr?, 54×73, xx (iRx;R2,p313;R90II,p154) Maybe?: se1884-150 (aR14,p17).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-165, Plaine couverte de neige (pastel). Compare: 1xxx, Snowy Landscape, oil on panel, 62×75, KMM Otterlo (iR2;Mx;R2,p313). Compare: 5IE-1880-154.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-165, Plaine couverte de neige (pastel). Compare: 1xxx, Village, surroundings of Paris, 22×47, A2008/10/28 (iR11;iR14;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-165, Plaine couverte de neige (pastel). Compare: 18xx, Winter landscape, 25×35, private (iR10;iR116;R2,p313) Compare: Delteil 78, La cabane du chiffonnier (R138XVI,no78).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-144, Deux vieux. Compare: 1879, Les deux chiffonniers, oil, 12×18, A2018/06/20 (iR100;iR14;iR15;R2,p313;R90II,p154) Maybe: S1879-2502 =se1884-19.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-144, Deux vieux = 1880ca, Deux anciens, oil, xx, xx (R90II,p171;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-144, Deux vieux. Compare: Deux Vieux (after Raffaëlli) Gazette des beaux-arts, 1880/05/01 (R90I,p321;R90II,p154;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-149, Jeune femme pensive après la lecture d’une lettre. Compare: 1898, D47-4, La lettre (Young woman seated holding a letter), colour etch, 41×31, A2012/03/23 (iR10;R138XVI,no47;iR11;R2,p313;R90II,p171)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-149, Jeune femme pensive après la lecture d’une lettre. Maybe??: 1880ca, Woman in a White Dressing Gown (La Toilette), xx, Frick Pittsburgh (iR8;iR10;iR114;R2,p313;R90II,p154)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-151, Jeune femme hésitant avant d’entrer dans le bain. Maybe?: 18xx, Femme à sa toilette (young woman about to do her washing), bâtonnet, 47×31, A2012/11/08 (iR11;iR14;iR2;iR204;R2,p313;R90II,p154)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-147, Rôdeur de barrières, aquarelle. Compare: 1881ca, A stroller and his dog, on panel, 54×37, A2016/12/04 (iR10;iR13;R2,p313;R90II,p154). Compare 6IE-1881-96.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-152, Homme tenant un sac à charbon; aquarelle. Compare: 1879, le chiffonnier, ink+wc on panel, 82×60, A2001/11/01 (iR204;iR11;iR6;iR10;R2,p313;R90II,p154). Compare S1879-4444 and 5IE-1880-161.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-152, Homme tenant un sac à charbon; aquarelle. Compare: 1879, Le Chiffonier, on board, 82×60, Axx (iR13;iR10;R2,p313;R90II,p155)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-154, La route, hors les murs des fortifications, par la neige. Compare: 18xx, Les fortifications de Paris, on panel, 55×32, A2009/07/08 (iR15;iR11;R2,p313;R90II,p155) Compare 6IE-1881-93.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-170, Homme portant deux pains Probably: 1879, Man carrying bread, oil, 46×33, A2006/10/24 (iR11;R90II,p173;R2,p313). Compare: se1884-17 (aR14,p8).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-170, Homme portant deux pains. Maybe: 1879, Man with two loaves of bread, 43×32, MBA Sint-Petersburgh (iR6;iR104;iR10;Mx) Compare se1884-17 (aR14,p8).
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 5IE-1880-161, Chiffonnier hors les murs; aquarelle. Compare: 1879, (The vagebond) On the road, 56×38, GM Beverly Hills (iR155;iR10;R90II,p172;R2,p313). Compare 6IE-1881-100.
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 5IE-1880-161, Chiffonnier hors les murs, aquarelle. Compare: 1879, (The vagebond) On the road, etch?, 56×38, GM Beverly Hills (R90II,p172;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-162, Type de balayeur. Compare: Balayeur (after Raffaëlli) dr, 20×9?, La Vie Moderne 1880/04/24 (R90I,p321;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 5IE-1880-156, Balayeur, paysage des environs de Nice; appartient à M. Taigny =? 1879ca, The sweeper, on panel, 26×35, Axx (iRx;iR10;iR13;R2,p313;R90II,p154)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-171, Chiffonnière; Aquarelle. Compare: 18xx, Woman in a wasteland (a Gypsy), xx, private (iR204;iR2;iR122;R2,p313;R90II,p155) Compare 6IE-1881-95.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-179+hc3, Chiffonnier et sa hotte. Compare: 1880, Chiffonnier et sa hotte (after T.F. Raffaëlli), dr, xx, L’Art93 (R90I,p322) =se1884-13, ragpicker mending his basket (aR14,p8).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-163, Type de chiffonnier. Compare: Chiffonier (after Raffaëlli), dr, xx, La Vie Moderne 1880/04/24 (R90I,p321;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-163, Type de chiffonnier. Probably: 1879, The Rag Picker, 21×9, MBA Reims (iR2;iR10;R90I,p321;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-163, Type de chiffonnier. Maybe: 18xx, Le Chiffonnier, oil, 21×9, A1971/12/20 (R90II,p172;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-172, Balayeur souffrant du froid. Compare: 18xx, Le vieux balayeur (the old sweeper), pastel, 71×36, A2014/10/07 (iR15;iR11;R2,p313;R90II,p155)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-172, Balayeur souffrant du froid. Compare: 1879 (or1884), A ragman lighting his pipe, 77×59, MBA Nantes (Orsay) (iR204;iR23;iR6;iR2;iR10;iR22;R2,p313;R90II,p155). Compare: 5IE-1880-179+hc1.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-172, Balayeur souffrant du froid. Compare: 1890ca, The Pedlar, 25×21, KMM Otterlo (iR10;Mx;iR2;R2,p313;R90II,p155)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-157, Marchand d’habits sur la route d’Argenteuil (aquarelle et pastel). Maybe: 18xx, Le marchand des habits (Le Chiffonnier), on panel, 24×10, A2012/04/23 (iR15;iR11;R138XVI,no24;R2,p313;R90II,p154). Compare Delteil 24, se1884-9 and SNBA-1893-860.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-157, Marchand d’habits sur la route d’Argenteuil (aquarelle et pastel). Compare:1895, D24, Le marchand des habits, etch, 14×9, xx (R138XVI,no24;R2,p313;R90II,p154). Compare: SNBA-1893-860 and se1884-9.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-174, Type de cantonnier. Maybe?: 1xxx, Le coq du cantonnier, xx, A2002/04/24 (iR11;R2,p313;R90II,p185)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-178, Portrait. Maybe??: 18xx, Un ancien ministre, on panel, 24×16, A2002/03/21 (iR13;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-178, Portrait. Maybe??: 1xxx, Portrait of an old man wearing a bowler hat, 23×10, A2007/12/19 (iR11;iR17;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-178, Portrait. Compare: 1xxx, D132, L’homme à la pipe, colour litho, 81×64, xx (iR204;R138,no132;aR7;R2,p313)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-177, Un commissionnaire de Paris. Compare: Unknown artist, 18xx, Le commissionnaire, etch, xx, MC Paris (iR195;iR10;R2,p313;R90II,p156)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-179+hc2, L’Homme en blouse. Compare: 1895, B14, L’homme à la canne (man with a staff), litho, 62×47, A2014/12/04 (iR11;R85XI,p58;R90I,p280)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-179+hc1, Jardinier allumant sa pipe. Maybe: 18xx, The woodcutter (lumberjack) and his dog, 226×106, MNBA Buenos Aires (iR6;iR22;R90II,p156;aR7,p232;aR14,p7;iR1) Compare: se1884-1 + SNBA1908-967.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-155, Tête d’Auvergnat ; aquarelle et pastel. Compare: 1872, Portrait d’homme, pastel, 44×37, A2009/06/24 (iR13;iR17;R2,p313;R90II,p154)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-159, Tête de vieille femme; pastel. Compare: 1882-85ca, La Goulue (Louise Weber), 35×26, MBA Dijon (iR6;iR10;iR224;Mx;R2,p313;R90II,p154)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-145, Profil d’enfant. Maybe??: 18xx, La petite fille, 45×45, A2020/03/13 (aR10;iR85;iR10;R2,p313;R90II,p154)
Exhibited etchings: Note 1: I render 3 pictures for no.164, which contained more than 1 number. Note 2: I render just 2 out of 3 states for no.167.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-164-1, Eaux-fortes et pointe sèche. Compare: 1882ca, D4, Tête de fille (Femme de Maison), etch, 15×11, Delteil (R138XVI,no4;R85XI,p58;aR7;R2,p313) Part of the painting: La forte chanteuse.
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 5IE-1880-164-3, Eaux-fortes et pointe sèche. Compare: 1884, D5, Head of a Ragpicker, ps, 12×9, CAI Williamstown (M26;iR10;iR40;R138XVI,no5;R85XI,p58)
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 5IE-1880-164-2, Eaux-fortes et pointe sèche =?? 1876, D1-2, Mme J.F. Raffaëlli (tête de femme), etch, 12×9, Delteil (R138XVI,no1;R85XI,p58)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-166-1, le marchand de marrons, eau-forte =1880, D137-2, the chestnut merchant, ps, 15×10, A2018/07/26 (iR10;iR94;iR42;iR11;R90II,p172;R138XVI,no137;R85XI,58;aR7) =se-1884-22 (aR14,p8).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-166-2, Les remparts du nord de Paris, eau-forte =1880, D138-3, The fortifications in the north of Paris, etch, 15×10, NYPL (iR61;R90II,p172;R138XVI,no138;R85XI,p58)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-166-3, La Bièvre, eau-forte =1880, D139-3, La Bièvre, etch, 14×9, Berson (R90II,p172;R138XVI,no139;R85XI,p58)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-166-4, Les maigres repas, pointe sèche =1880, D140, Les maigres repas (Les restaurants a bon marché), etch ps, 15×10, A2008/03/06 (iR11;aR7;R90II,p173;R138XVI,no140;R85XI,p58)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-167-2, Chiffonier éreinte =1880, D3-2nd, Weary ragpicker, ps, 34×24, Delteil (R138XVI,no3;iR8;iR10;R85XI,no1;R90II,p173) = se1884-148 (aR14,p17)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-167-3, Chiffonier éreinte =1880, D3-3, Weary ragpicker, ps, 19×24, DAC WU Middletown (iR8;iR10;R138XVI,no3;R85XI,no1;R90II,p173;R2,p313) = se1884-148 (aR14,p17)
Clarification : Raffaëlli showed 3 works outside the catalogue (=hc). Several catalogue numbers consisted of more than one art-work. Quite often the identification is uncertain, see , therefore I sometimes render more than one option. See link for an account . See link for identification of pictures . See link for an explanation of the subscriptions . See for the used sources at the bottom of the main page about Jean-François Raffaëlli .
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