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Portrait of Madame Jules Ricard, née Augustine Bulteau

c. 1893

Fernand Khnopff

(Belgian, 1858–1921)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
black chalk on tan-colored vellum
Measurements
Sheet: 40.5 x 32.4 cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2018.206
Catalogue raisonné
Delevoy 237
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

Although Fernand Khnopff was best known for depicting femmes fatales—threatening or dangerous women—this drawing offers a personalized and intimate depiction of its sitter, Augustine Bulteau. A prolific novelist and writer, Bulteau hosted a regular salon for artists such as Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec. She appears dressed conservatively but fashionably, holding her place in a book as if interrupted while reading.

Portrait of Madame Jules Ricard, née Augustine Bulteau

c. 1893

Fernand Khnopff

(Belgian, 1858–1921)
France, 19th century

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