The architect Louis Bonnier was painted by van Rysselberghe in 1903, two years after he commissioned the design of his new studio on Avenue Laugier in Paris. Bonnier had previously drawn up the plans for Georges Flé’s villa in Ambleteuse, where Maria and Théo Van Rysselberghe regularly stayed. Bonnier also designed the plans for Siegfried Bing’s Art Nouveau House. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston acquired this beautiful painting, which is displayed alongside works by Gauguin, Cézanne, Monet, and others.