This painting is a detailed portrait featuring the upper body of a woman seen in side profile, facing the left. She has a fair complexion, with a curved nose, pale eyebrows, pink cheeks, high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and thin pink lips in a neutral expression. Her curly, dark brown hair is styled behind her head and adorned with a wreath of purple and white flowers. She wears a lilac-purple off-the-shoulder dress with white fringe details and a bow in the front. A light-colored shawl or wrap drapes over her shoulders, and she wears multiple strands of pearl necklaces. She appears to sit in…
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Duchess de Fitz-James

Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836 - 1904)

1867

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 50.3 x 42.2 cm (19 13/16 x 16 5/8 in.) ; framed: 71.7 x 60.3 cm (28 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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