Note: This work is now listed in the official Rupert Bunny Catalogue Raisonné by the world authority David Thomas, published this year by Thames and Hudson – where it is retitled and renamed as Jeanne also formerly known as The Artist’s Wife, Jeanne Morel c1895.

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