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Madame Lerolle

1882

Henri Fantin-Latour

(French, 1836–1904)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 132.4 x 103.5 x 8.3 cm (52 1/8 x 40 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.); Unframed: 108.2 x 78.9 cm (42 5/8 x 31 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund and the Fanny Tewksbury King Collection by exchange 1969.54
Public Domain
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Location
220 19th Century European
Print

Description

The floral still life of roses enlivens the otherwise restrained palette used by the artist in this portrait. By the time he painted Madeleine Escudier Lerolle (1856–1937), wife of artist Henry Lerolle, the French artist Henri Fantin-Latour had established a steady clientele in Britain for his floral still lifes, arranged in modest vases and depicted against a neutral ground; he included such a still life in this portrait. Madeleine Lerolle and her daughter Yvonne are the subjects of another painting at the CMA by Albert Besnard in gallery 219.
A vertically oriented oil painting depicts a woman with light skin tone and dark hair standing beside a wooden table. Her body angles left, but she looks toward us with dark eyes and a faint smile. She wears a long, white ruffled dress, holding a pink flower at her chest while her left hand rests on the table. A glass vase of roses and scattered blossoms sit against a dark, textured background.

Madame Lerolle

1882

Henri Fantin-Latour

(French, 1836–1904)
France, 19th century

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