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Portrait of Aspasie, the Mulatto Woman

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Description: Portrait of Aspasie, the Mulatto Woman
TitlePortrait of Aspasie, the Mulatto Woman
Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1824–1826
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions80 × 65 cm
LocationMusée Fabre, Montpellier, France
Accession number868.1.36
SubjectsRacially mixed peopleWomen--PortraitsProstitutes in artRacism in artPortrait painting, FrenchArtists' preparatory studiesArtists' models, Black
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Chapter 1. Olympia in Context: Manet, the Impressionists, and Black Paris
Denise Murrell
Description: Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today
Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today
~In late 1862, Édouard Manet (1832–1883) noted in his studio carnet that a model he described as “Laure, très belle négresse” (“Laure, very beautiful black woman”) sat for a portrait in his rue...
Author
Denise Murrell
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2018 Yale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.7-83
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00239.002
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21017&redirecttoanchor=39013
Chapter subject tags:Women, Black, in artRacially mixed peopleImpressionism (Art)--FranceStereotypes (Social psychology) in artBaudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870Artists' models, Black
Chapter 5: Blood-Mixing
Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
Description: Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-Revolutionary France
Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-Revolutionary France
He lies face down. His long and vulnerable neck is stretched out taut like his extended arm but, unlike his limb, it is bluntly ruptured by a mass of dark hair...
Author
Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2002 by Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
Related print edition pages: pp.237-279
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00220.006
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Chapter subject tags:Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863Painting, French--19th centuryHistory painting, French--19th centuryArt criticism--France--19th centuryColonialism--France--HistoryGreece--History--War of Independence, 1821-1829Racially mixed people in art
1. Studies
Hugh Honour
Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to...
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to World War I, Part 2: Black Models and White Myths
In Paris in 1800 Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist exhibited at the Salon what is perhaps the most beautiful portrait of a black woman ever painted...
Author
Hugh Honour
PublisherHarvard University Press
Copyright© 1989 by Menil Foundation, Inc.
Related print edition pages: pp.11-50
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00144.005
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Chapter subject tags:Artists' preparatory studiesPhysiognomy in artRacism in artBlack people in art

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Description: Portrait of a Black Woman (Portrait d'une négresse)
Portrait of a Black Woman (Portrait d'une négresse)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameBenoist, Marie Guilhelmine
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1800
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions31 7/8 × 25 5/8 in. (81 × 65 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065532
Portrait of a Black Woman (Portrait...
Portrait d'une négresse
Description: Nana
Nana
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions154 × 115 cm
LocationHamburger Kunsthalle
https://online-sammlung.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/de/objekt/HK-2376
Accession numberInv. Nr. HK-2376
Nana
Nana
Description: Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte
Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameDavid, Jacques-Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1821
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51 x 39 3/8 in. (129.5 x 100 cm)
LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/802/jacques-louis-david-portrait-of-the-sisters-zenaide-and-charlotte-bonaparte-french-1821/
Accession number86.PA.740
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Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte
Description: Olympia
Olympia
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51 3/8 × 74 13/16 in. (130.5 × 190 cm)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/olympia-712
Accession numberRF 644
Olympia
Olympia
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Woman at her Toilet
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 07
Creator nameTitian
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1515
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39 29 7/8 in. (99 x 76 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010067550
Accession numberINV. 755
Woman at her Toilet
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Description: Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni
Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameGhirlandaio, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1489–1490
Object typePainting
MaterialsMixed media on panel
Dimensions30 3/8 x 19 1/4 in. (77 x 49 cm)
LocationMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico/portrait-giovanna-degli-albizzi-tornabuoni
Accession numberINV. Nr. 158 (1935.6)
Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi...
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Description: Mother and Sister of the Artist
Mother and Sister of the Artist
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameMorisot, Berthe
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1869–1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions101 × 81.8 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46661.html
Accession number1963.10.186
Mother and Sister of the Artist
The Mother and Sister of the Artist
Description: Young Woman in Ball Gown
Young Woman in Ball Gown
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameMorisot, Berthe
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1879
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions71 × 54 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/jeune-femme-en-toilette-de-bal-306
Accession numberRF 843
Young Woman in Ball Gown
Woman Dressed for the Ball
Description: The Railway
The Railway
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1873
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions36 3/4 x 43 7/8 in. (93 × 114 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.43624.html
Accession number1956.10.1
The Railway
The Railway
Description: Young Woman in 1866
Young Woman in 1866
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1866
Object typePainting
Materialsoil on canvas
Dimensions185.1 × 128.6 cm
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/89.21.3/
Accession number89.21.3
Young Woman in 1866
Young Woman in 1866
Description: Portrait of Eva Gonzalès
Portrait of Eva Gonzalès
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1870
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions191.1 × 133.4 cm
LocationNational Gallery, London
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/edouard-manet-eva-gonzales
Accession numberNG3259
Portrait of Eva Gonzalès
Portrait of Eva Gonzalès
Description: Duchess of Alba
Duchess of Alba
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameGoya, Francisco de
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1797
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions201.2 × 149.3 cm
LocationHispanic Society of America, New York
http://hispanicsociety.emuseum.com/objects/2114/the-duchess-of-alba?ctx=050dee1c-cbb0-41ef-bb94-d27aba794e6a&idx=0
Accession numberA102
Duchess of Alba
Duchess of Alba
Description: Young Woman Powdering Herself, detail
Young Woman Powdering Herself, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1888–1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions37 5/8 × 31 1/4 in. (95.5 × 79.5 cm).
LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/6007ba8c.html
Accession numberP.1932.SC.396
Young Woman Powdering Herself, detail
Young Woman Powdering Herself (detail)
Description: Reading
Reading
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1886–1888
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsConté crayon and white gouache on paper
Dimensions12 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (31 × 24 cm)
LocationPrivate collection
Reading
Reading
Description: Repose (Le Repos)
Repose (Le Repos)
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1871
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions59 1/8 x 44 7/8 in. (143 × 113 cm)
LocationMuseum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/839_repose
Accession number59.027
Repose (Le Repos)
Repose (Le Repos)
Description: Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, led to execution
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, led to execution
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDavid, Jacques-Louis
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1793
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPen and brown ink
Dimensions5 7/8 x 4 in. (14.8 x 10.1 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020537700
Accession number3599 DR/1 Front
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of...
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, led to execution
Description: Ginevra de' Benci
Ginevra de' Benci
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameLeonardo da Vinci
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1474–1478
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions15 x 14 5/8 in. (38.1 x 37 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.50724.html
Accession number1967.6.1.a
Ginevra de' Benci
Ginevra de' Benci
Description: The Reader
The Reader
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameFantin-Latour, Henri
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions100 × 83 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-liseuse-218
Accession numberRF 3702
The Reader
The Reader
Description: Portrait of Madame Cézanne
Portrait of Madame Cézanne
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 29
Creator nameCézanne, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1885–1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/portrait-de-madame-cezanne-78699
Accession numberRF 1991 22
Portrait of Madame Cézanne
Mme Cézanne
Description: The Artist's Sister at a Window
The Artist's Sister at a Window
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameMorisot, Berthe
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1869
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions548 × 46.3 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.52191.html
Accession number1970.17.47
The Artist's Sister at a Window
The Artist's Sister at a Window
Description: Portrait of Laure (La négresse)
Portrait of Laure (La négresse)
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 31
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 19 11/16 in. (61 x 50 cm)
LocationPinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
Portrait of Laure (La négresse)
Portrait of Laure
Description: Young Woman Powdering Herself
Young Woman Powdering Herself
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1888–1890
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions37 5/8 × 31 1/4 in. (95.5 × 79.5 cm).
LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/6007ba8c.html
Accession numberP.1932.SC.396
Young Woman Powdering Herself
Young Woman Powdering Herself
Description: Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni, detail
Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameGhirlandaio, Domenico
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1489–1490
Object typePainting
MaterialsMixed media on panel
LocationMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico/portrait-giovanna-degli-albizzi-tornabuoni
Accession numberINV. Nr. 158 (1935.6)
Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi...
Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni, detail
Description: Young Woman Powdering Herself, detail
Young Woman Powdering Herself, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1888–90
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on Canvas
Dimensions37 5/8 × 31 1/4 in. (95.5 × 79.5 cm).
LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/6007ba8c.html
Accession numberP.1932.SC.396
Young Woman Powdering Herself, detail
Young Woman Powdering Herself (detail)
Description: Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children
Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator nameSargent, John Singer
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1896
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationTate, London
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-mrs-carl-meyer-and-her-children-t12988
Accession numberT12988
Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children
Mrs. Carl Meyer and Her Children
Description: Woman Reading
Woman Reading
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1880–1881
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions61.2 × 50.7 cm (24 1/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/14591
Accession number1933.435
Woman Reading
Woman Reading
Description: In the Loge
In the Loge
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameCassatt, Mary
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions80 × 64.8 cm
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/in-the-loge-31365
Accession number10.35
In the Loge
In the Loge
Description: Angelina (A Woman at Her Window)
Angelina (A Woman at Her Window)
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameManet, Edouard
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1865
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions92 × 73 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/angelina-714
Accession numberRF 3664
Angelina (A Woman at Her Window)
Angelina (A Woman at Her Window)
Description: Ma Jolie
Ma Jolie
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator namePicasso, Pablo
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1911–1912
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39 3/8 x 25 3/4 in. (100 x 64.5 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79051
Accession number176.1945
Ma Jolie
Woman with a Zither ("Ma Jolie")
Description: Lucretia
Lucretia
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameRaimondi, Marcantonio
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1509–1514
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions8 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (21.2 x 13 cm)
LocationRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.34655
Accession numberRP-P-1951-575
Lucretia
Lucretia
Description: Miss Dihau at the piano
Miss Dihau at the piano
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 17
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1869–1872
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39 × 32 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/mademoiselle-dihau-au-piano-10002
Accession numberRF 2416
Miss Dihau at the piano
Miss Dihau at the piano
Description: A Mulatto Woman
A Mulatto Woman
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameArellano, Manuel
Creator name (description)Attributed to Manuel de Arellano
Creator nationality/cultureMexican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1711
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions101.6 x 74.3 cm
LocationDenver Art Museum
A Mulatto Woman
A mulatto woman
Description: Female Model
Female Model
Posted by:John Carlson
May 17
Creator nameEakins, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1867–1869
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions23 x 19 3/4 in. (58.4 × 50.2 cm)
LocationFine Arts Museums of San Francisco
https://art.famsf.org/thomas-eakins/female-model-196641
Accession number1966.41
Female Model
Female Model

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