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Portrait of a Woman
Edmond Aman-Jeanc. 1891
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Aman-Jean, a French Symbolist painter, was likely more concerned with evoking a wistful, meditative mood in this painting of an unidentified woman than with defining a specific personality or likeness. The restrained, tonal palette and flat, decorative shapes suggest the influence of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and James McNeill Whistler. The postcard pinned to the wall may represent a work by Sandro Botticelli. Aman-Jean exhibited this painting at the Paris Salon of 1891.
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- Title: Portrait of a Woman
- Creator: Edmond François Aman-Jean (French, 1858–1936)
- Date Created: c. 1891
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 113.4 x 117.8 x 8.3 cm (44 5/8 x 46 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Unframed: 84.4 x 89.5 cm (33 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: (Paris salon, 1891, no. 874 or 875, probably sold to a private collector), Possibly a private collector, probably sold to an Italian private collector., Private collector, Italy, by descent to his family, Family of an Italian collector, possibly consigned to Christie's, (Christie's, London, sale, July 9, 1971, lot 258, sold to Ferrers Gallery, (Ferrers Gallery, London, probably sold to Cyril Humphris), (Cyril Humphris, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.120
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Inscriptions: Signed left center in green: Aman Jean
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1972.120
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