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Collection Online as of September 19, 2026

A vertically oriented oil portrait depicts a woman with pale skin tone from the chest up, body angled left and neck elongated as she looks out at us with dark eyes against a muted green background. Her dark hair is gathered back, her small lips pressed in a straight line. She wears a black dress with a matching ruffled neckline and small gold hoop earrings. A signature is in the lower-left corner.

Portrait of a Woman

c. 1875–80

Jean-Jacques Henner

(French, 1829–1905)
France, 19th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 76 x 64 x 9 cm (29 15/16 x 25 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 55.3 x 46 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.267
Location: Not on view
  • Bertier collection, 1967. J. G. Milner, London, 1975. Shepherd Gallery, New York. Bought from them in August 1976 by Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980.
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. Mentioned: p. 212, no. 55 www.jstor.org
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 354-356, Vol. II, no. 124
  • Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
    Béziers, Musée des Beaux-Arts. Collections privées de Béziers et sa région (1967), 140, no. 103 (repr.), Bertier collection.
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