Art Institute of Chicago
Girl with Cherries
Eva Gonzalès (French, 1849–1883)LinkedCulture matchlcp-96285413d056
- Date
- c. 1870
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 36678
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Girl with Cherries features a dramatically lit female figure, rendered in loose brushstrokes, emerging from a dark background. Rather than portraying her model as a contemporary woman, Eva Gonzalès dressed her as an 18th-century servant girl, denoted by her frilled linen cap; loose, striped gown; and rolled-up sleeves. Gonzalès, the daughter of an affluent and cultured family, was Édouard Manet’s first and only official pupil, and his influence is particularly clear in this painting: the use of theatrical lighting is reminiscent of his Spanish-style paintings, and the historical clothing reflects his predilection for dressing his models in costumes that suggest other personalities and professions.
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- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
- Provenance
- William M. Chase, New York; his sale, New York, Anderson Galleries, 1896, lot 1095, as Fruit Girl; sold to Durand-Ruel, New York [this and the following information acc. to Sainsaulieu 1990]; sold to Miss M. Mott, Randor, Pa., February 15, 1904; given to Mrs. Haven Emerson [acc. to information provided by Walker Galleries]. Maynard Walker Galleries, New York [see label on reverse and Maynard Walker Galleries 1946]; sold to the Art Institute, 1940 [see sale receipt dated March 12, 1940, copy in curatorial file].
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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