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Feminine Portraits in Art

Captivating portraits of women, dressed in historical fashion, highlighting themes of femininity and domesticity across different artistic styles.

Edouard Manet / Nana / 1877
Edouard Manet / Nana / 1877
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Reading 1865-73 Edouard Manet (1832-1883 French) Oil on canvas Musee d'Orsay, Paris
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Young woman at her Toilet; Jeune Femme a sa Toilette. Albert Besnard (1849-1934). Pastel on stetched paper. 61.6 x 51.2cm
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The Fitting, 1890-91. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Color drypoint and aquatint; platemark: 37.6 x 25.5 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.); sheet: 42.7 x 31.4 cm (16 13/16 x 12 3/8 in.).
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CASAS i CARBO, Ramn (1866-1932). Interior in the open air. 1892. Modernism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.
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On the Heights Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942). On the Heights, 1909. Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 30 1/16 in. (76.4 x 76.4 cm). Many of the paintings, such as this one, that Charles Courtney Curran completed during his summers at the Cragsmoor art colony near Ellenville, New York, reflect the genteel, idyllic nature of the community, and show figures set within the picturesque landscape of the area. Here, three idealized young women are silhouetted against a sunlit sky as they perch on a boulder. Currans treatment of bright summer skies, which often took up the greatest portion of his compositions, became a hallmark of his paintings from Cragsmoor. American Art 1909
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The Briar Rose Series, Study for 'The Garden Court', 1889 Artist: Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Sleeping, Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, Watercolour, Women, Female, Resting, Works on Paper
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"In the Luxembourg Gardens , detail 1879 Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, American (active London, Florence, and Paris), 1856 - 1925"
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Lord in Rok tries to persuade a doubting lady on a sofa, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1869 - 1923 drawing Design for a print. paper. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush one-sided courting. unsuccessful love affair; seduction
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The dead goldfinch ("All that was left to love") Martwy szczygiel. Date/Period: 1878. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 74.90 mm (2.94 in); Width: 62.20 mm (2.44 in). Author: GEORGE ELGAR HICKS.
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The guardian of the turkeys, by Federico Zandomeneghi (1841-1917), oil on canvas, 55x46 cm.
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PINTURA. Author: PEDRO BUENO (1910-1993). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Dancers, Pink and Green, Edgar Degas, circa 1890, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America
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Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie, 1776-1810, Queen of Prussia, and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as children, playing in the garden of Palais Broich, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe
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In the Studio 1888 Alfred Stevens Belgian The beautiful sitters, art along the walls, open portfolio, and prominent mirror symbolize the artistic practice of Stevens, who was celebrated for his portrayals of chic and charming women. On the easel is his painting of the biblical temptress Salomé (Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels). The female protagonists of In the Studio pose a counterpoint to the male-dominated French art world, which presented many barriers to women artists, and particularly those undertaking ambitious figural subjects. Stevens encouraged the careers of a number of women pupils and colleagues, most notably the sculptor and actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).Salomé was inspired by Henri Regnaults painting of the same subject (now in gallery 804).. In the Studio 437755
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Woman in Pink Reclining on a Canape. Artist: Theodore Lebrun (French, active ca. 1819). Dimensions: 10 x 14 5/8 in. (25.4 x 37.2 cm). Date: 1819. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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At the Doorway. Jules Alexis Muenier (1863-1942). Oil on canvas. Dated 1932. 116.8 x 84.4cm.
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Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931). "The lodge". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 27039-7 Eventail, woman, twins, lodge, spectacle, spectator, seat, theater, hat
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Claude Monet; French; Paris 1840-1926 Giverny; Camille Monet (1847-1879) on a Garden Bench; 1873; Oil on canvas.
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Ball at the Paris Opera by Forain, Jean-Louis (1852-1931) / State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow / Postimpressionism / / France / Oil on canvas / Genre / 74x61
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The Girl by the Window. Harry Morley (1881-1943). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1940. 91.5 x 76cm
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The New Arrival. Auguste Toulmouche (1829-1890). Oil On Canvas. Catalogue No. 644c.
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In the Wings. Jean Louis Forain; French, 1852-1931. Date: 1899. Dimensions: 60.5 × 73.8 cm (23 3/16 × 29 1/16 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 April 14, 1925) was an American painter Morning Walk. Oil on canvas 1888
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Policeman's Daughter, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1889
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Gladioli ca.1876 Claude Monet (1840-1926 French) Oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
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Hesitation (Madame Monteaux). Alfred Stevens; Belgian, 1823-1906. Date: 1862-1872. Dimensions: 55.5 × 43.2 cm (21 7/8 × 17 in.). Oil on panel. Origin: Belgium. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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A Flamenco Dancer. Suzanne Daynes-Grassot-Solin (1884-1976). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1910. 127.6 x 95.8cm.
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Woman with a Parasol Facing Right, Claude Monet, 1886,
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Tea. Artist: James Tissot (French, Nantes 1836-1902 Chenecey-Buillon). Dimensions: 26 x 18 7/8 in. (66 x 47.9 cm). Date: 1872.When Tissot moved to London in 1871, he immersed himself in the local scene, with work for <i>Vanity Fair</i> and genre paintings with the river Thames as backdrop. This canvas is a repetition of the left-hand portion of one of his most famous London pictures, <i>Bad News</i> (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff), which shows a captain and his girlfriend absorbing the news of his imminent departure while a companion prepares tea, with the Pool of London in the background. Here, the view is of the dense cityscape beyond that stretch of the river. Tissot's friend Degas owned a pencil study for this work. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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El Liceo, 1901-1902. Óleo sobre tela. 145 x 175 cm. Museum: CERCLE DEL LICEU, Barcelona, SPAIN. Author: RAMON CASAS.
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The Open Door. Marguerite Stuber Pearson (1898-1978). Oil on canvas. 76.5 x 91.8cm.
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E.Degas / Ballet room at the Peletier
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Spring Morning ca. 1875 James Tissot French The light on this spring day is so bright that the woman shields her eyes from the glare. She stands with her back to the sun, so that her face and dress are largely in shadow. This contre-jour effect, with the figure lit from behind, was popular with artists in the Impressionist circle in the 1870s and 1880s. Tissot skillfully elaborated on the motif by depicting the sunlight shining through the models sleeve and parasol. The strong silhouette of the figure and the prominent plants may have been inspired by Japanese woodblock prints, which Tissot collected, as did his friends Monet and Degas.. Spring Morning 440729
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Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). Spanish painter. Having Tea in the Garden of the Sorolla House, 1918 (Tomando el te en el jardin de la Casa Sorolla, 1918). Oil on canvas, 199,50 x 120 cm. Sorolla Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Garland Weavers. Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896). Oil on panel. Painted c. 1846. 19 x 14cm
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Amos Judd is a novel written in 1895 by J.A. Mitchell (1845-1918). It takes place against a background of civil war in northern India. The seven-year-old rajah is smuggled out by three faithful followers - two Hindus and one American. The boy was brought to a Connecticut farmhouse and given the name Amos Judd. As he grew up, he had the amazing ability to foresee events. The caption accompanying this illustration in the novel: The end has come, my Moll. Amos is shot - he struggles and Molly wants to get help, but Amos knows the end is near and says he has known this is how it would end all along.
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La Petite Loge 1873-74 Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919 French) Oil on canvas
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The Gypsy's Prophecy. William Oliver (fl. 1867-1897). Oil on canvas. Dated 1877. 75.6 x 58.7cm.
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The shepherd's queen, United Kingdom, by Lexden Pocock. Gift of J.O. and W.E. Bidwill, 1912.
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ITURRINO, Francisco (1864-1924). Women with shawls. Romanticism. Oil on canvas.
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'Maria Painting in El Pardo', 1907, Oil on canvas, 82 x 106 cm. Author: Joaquin Sorolla. SOROLLA MARIA CLOTILDE DE.
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The Reader, by Weber Anton, 19th Century, 1880, oil on board, cm 62 x 49
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Springtime in France. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1923. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Valencia gardener. Engraving by Die´guez, 1867. Colored.
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The Trio. Date/Period: 1898. Author: Robert Lewis Reid.
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Dancers, Pink and Green, by Edgar Degas, 1890, French impressionist painting, oil on canvas. The dark profile shows a top-hatted patron of the Paris Opera, who was allowed to be watch the dancers in the wings during a performance (BSLOC_2017_3_110)
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (in French "Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), painted and exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882. It depicts a scene in the Folies Bergère nightclub in Paris and was the last major work by French painter Édouard Manet.
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The reading, 1870, by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), oil on canvas, 95x123 cm.
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Luppov, Sergei Mikhaylovich (1893-1977) Local Heritage Museum, Slobodskoy 1950 64x80 Oil on wood Modern Russia Opera, Ballet, Theatre
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Dancers at the Barre, Degas, Edgar
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The Watering Pots Theodore Robinson (American, 1852-1896). The Watering Pots, 1890. Oil on canvas, frame: 33 1/2 x 29 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (85.1 x 75.4 x 12.1 cm). American Art 1890
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The Autumn Of Life. L'Autumne De La Vie. Jean Francois Raffaelli (1850-1924). Oil On Textured Paper Laid Down On Canvas
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Dancers in blue - 1890 - 85x75,5 cm - oil on canvas. Author: EDGAR DEGAS. Location: MUSEE D'ORSAY. France.
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Le Debcle, Robinson, Theodore, 1892.
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The Daughters of Catulle Mendès, Huguette (1871-1964), Claudine (1876-1937), and Helyonne (1879-1955). Artist: Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841-1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer). Dimensions: 63 3/4 x 51 1/8 in. (161.9 x 129.9 cm). Date: 1888.Hoping to recapture the success he had achieved with <i>Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children</i> (07.122) at the Salon of 1879, Renoir sought to paint the daughters of his friend Catulle Mendès. In addition to the girls' manifest charm, he undoubtedly counted on the notoriety of their bohemian parents to gain attention: their father was a Symbolist poet and publisher, and their mother was the virtuoso pianist Augusta Holmès. Renoir completed the commission in a matter of weeks and immediately exhibited the large canvas in May 1888, but the response to his new manner of painting, with its intense hues and schematized faces, was unenthusiastic. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: AUGUSTE RENOIR.
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Marianne smiles favourably toward the British Bulldog - a symbolic postcard, denoting the thawing of international relations between France and Britain following the Entente Cordiale (signed in 1904) - a shift in feeling celebrated by the Franco-Britsih Exhibition of 1908, from whence this card originates. Date: 1908
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Bazille and Camille (Study for "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe"). Dated: 1865. Dimensions: overall: 93 x 68.9 cm (36 5/8 x 27 1/8 in.) framed: 121.9 x 98.4 x 10.7 cm (48 x 38 3/4 x 4 3/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: CLAUDE MONET.
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Before the Ballet. Dated: 1890/1892. Dimensions: overall: 40 x 88.9 cm (15 3/4 x 35 in.) framed: 59.7 x 109.8 x 8.2 cm (23 1/2 x 43 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: EDGAR DEGAS.
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A Quiet Moment. Arthur Claude Strachan (1865-1935). Pencil and watercolour heightened with white on board. 45.1 x 27.3cm.
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Destiny John William Waterhouse (1849-1917/British) Towneley Hall Museums, Burnley, England
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Danseuse et sa mère Paul Renouard (French, 1845-1924). Danseuse et sa mère, 1894. Lithograph on wove paper, 18 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (46.7 x 34.6 cm). European Art 1894
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THE HOUR OF THE BATH ("LA HORA DEL BAÑO"), VALENCIA (1909) .OIL ON CANVAS-1,50x1,505. Author: Joaquin Sorolla. Location: MUSEO SOROLLA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931), The Buffet, 1884.