A Monfreid painting for Orsay

1/8/26 - Acquisition - Paris, Musée d’Orsay - We had admired it among the gallery of effigies gathered in the final section of the memorable George Daniel de Monfreid retrospective at the Musée Hyacinthe Rigaud in Perpignan (see the article). On loan from a private collection, the Portrait of Victor Segalen depicted one of the artist’s close friends, a naval doctor and writer, and a key intermediary between him and Gauguin. The painting is now part of the Musée d’Orsay’s collections, having been acquired from Dominique Lelong, a descendant of the sitter. Although several works by the painter are already preserved there — a fine selection of portraits and still lifes, as well as a landscape — none appears to be currently on display, and several are on long-term loan, mainly to the Musée…