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The Milliner

Pastel portrait of a light-skinned woman in a blue dress seated in front of hats set on stands, holding a box and flowers.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • Pastel portrait of a light-skinned woman in a blue dress seated in front of hats set on stands, holding a box and flowers.

Date:

c. 1877

Artist:

Eva Gonzalès
French, 1849-1883

About this artwork

Eva Gonzalès’s subjects were most often women engaged in activities such as reading, knitting, or filling a vase with flowers. This pastel of a milliner, or hat-maker, shows the figure handling the trimmings that will eventually be used to decorate a hat. Millinery was a popular subject for the Impressionists, given their interest in fashion and scenes from modern life.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Eva Gonzalès

Title

The Milliner

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1872–1882

Medium

Pastel on canvas

Inscriptions

Signed upper right: "Eva Gonzalès"

Dimensions

45 × 37 cm (17 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1972.362

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