Titles

Only one title is known:

• 'Capucine et Rose' (1887, Petit). 1
• 'Capucine et Rose' (1980, YMSM). 2

The title means 'Nasturtium and rose'.

Description

Unknown. The title 'Nasturtium and rose' indicates either flowers (flowering plants of the genus Tropaeolum) or colours: nasturtiums can range from yellow and orange to red, and roses from white and yellow to red and purple. It is possible that this was a figure study, or that these colours provided a point of focus in a street scene.

For instance in the watercolour Flower market: Dieppe [M.1026], the artist focussed on vivid orange and red flowers.

Site

If, as is suggested, Capucine et rose was actually the watercolour known as Flower market: Dieppe [M.1026], then it was painted in the port of Dieppe on the French coast.

Sitter

No model has been identified, and it is not certain that this was a figure study.