This painting shows a woman sitting upright in a yellow-and-tan reclining chair, her body turned to the right, her face turned toward us. Her skin is pale, with shades of pale yellow and light pink, and shadows in a pale green shade. She has deep-set brown eyes, arched eyebrows, and a small pink mouth set in a neutral expression. Her curling hair is light purple and put in an updo. She is wearing a white and lilac polka-dot blouse with puffy sleeves, complemented by a long skirt with stripes of black, gray, and green. In her lap, she holds a small black, tan, and light-green dog, cradling it…
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Lady with a Dog

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864 - 1901)

1891

Medium
oil on cardboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 75 x 57.2 cm (29 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.) ; framed: 100.3 x 82.5 x 8.2 cm (39 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman
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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