The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 16, 2026
Self-Portrait in a Spanish Costume
1880
(French, 1840–1916)
Platemark: 31 x 27.6 cm (12 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 32.6 x 50 cm (12 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Although Marie Bracquemond was supported and widely respected by her colleagues in her own time, her husband’s reticence to her pursuing a career ultimately led her to limit her artistic production.Description
Marie Bracquemond was among a few women artists within the Impressionist circle. After exhibiting at the Salon from a relatively young age, she married the printmaker Félix Bracquemond and met artists such as Claude Monet and Edgar Degas through his friendship with them. This print is one of about ten etchings created by Bracquemond, who presumably learned the medium from her husband and went on to master it. Here, she presents herself posed in fashionable attire, holding a distinctive fan.- 1880–1916Studio of the artist [1840–1916], Sèvres, by descent, until 19161916Pierre Bracquemond [1870–1926], Paris, probably 19161916(sold to Galerie Sagot-Le Garrec, Paris), probably 19161916–17Edmond Sagot [1857–1917], Paris, by descent, probably 1916-19171917–2023Sagot family collection, Paris, by descent, 1917-20232023(sold to Bernard Derroitte, Chicago, IL), 2023December 4, 2023–(sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH), 2023-
- "Looking Back to Look Forward: A Year in Highlights.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 65, no. 3 (2024): 38. Reproduced: p. 38 archive.org
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