Shown from the chest up, a young, pale-skinned woman faces and looks out at us with a slight smile on her lips in this vertical portrait painting. The woman has a square face with round, dark, close-set eyes, thin lips, flushed cheeks, and a pointed chin. Her dark brown hair is parted down the middle and pulled loosely back, and ringlets fall to her shoulders. She wears a rose-pink ribbon as a choker with a gold, oval locket. The straight neckline of her off-the-shoulder dress is edged with frothy lace around narrow black trim. Pink, puffy sleeves have a sheen, suggesting silk or satin.…
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Mademoiselle de Fitz-James

Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836 - 1904)

1867

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 51.1 x 42.8 cm (20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in.) ; framed: 75.9 x 68 cm (29 7/8 x 26 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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