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Gilbert de Botton

1935 - 2000

Gilbert de Botton, banker, art collector and benefactor, met Francis Bacon through Lucian Freud. Both artists were to paint portraits of the respected financier. Bacon reputedly said to Freud that de Botton reminded him of an ancient Egyptian. Bacon’s Study for Portrait of Gilbert de Botton was painted in 1986.

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