Portrait of Madame Jules Ricard, née Augustine Bulteau
c. 1893
Fernand Khnopff
Fernand Khnopff (Belgian, 1858–1921)
Drawings
Portrait of Madame Jules Ricard, née Augustine Bulteau, c. 1893. Fernand Khnopff (Belgian, 1858–1921). Black chalk on tan-colored vellum; sheet: 40.5 x 32.4 cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2018.206 Although Fernand Khnopff was best known for depicting femmes fatales—threatening or dangerous women—this drawing offers a personalized and intimate depiction of its sitter, Augustine Bulteau. A prolific novelist and writer, Bulteau hosted a regular salon for artists such as Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec. She appears dressed conservatively but fashionably, holding her place in a book as if interrupted while reading.
- Maker/Artist
- Khnopff, Fernand
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- black chalk on tan-colored vellum
- Medium
- black, chalk, tan-colored, vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 40.5 x 32.4 cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 2018.206
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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