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Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James

Henri Fantin-LatourLinkedCulture matchlcp-3207a5b16939

Date: 1867
Medium: oil on fabric
Culture: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 150851

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This portrait depicts Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James, the 12-year-old daughter of Édouard de Fitz-James. Fantin-Latour painted a series of portraits of her family members in preparation for a large group portrait that was never completed. The sitter is elegantly dressed in a pink and white dress, identical to one worn by her elder sister, Françoise, for her portrait. Marie-Yolande wears no jewelry and her hair is styled more simply, as would have been suitable for a girl of her age at the time. Fantin-Latour, known for his portraits and flower still lifes, never shared the artistic viewpoint of his friends and contemporaries, the Impressionists. He remained a traditional academic painter throughout his career and the style of this portrait reflects the romanticism of an earlier generation.

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Credit line: Gift of Lewis C. Williams
Provenance: Duchesse de Fitz-James [1830-1915], Château de la Lorie, Maine-et-Loire. Féral, Paris. | (F & J Tempelaere, Paris, France) | 1926-1929: (Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY) | 1929: Possibly Chester Dale [1883-1962], Washington DC | 1932: (C. W. Kraushaar, New York, NY, sold to Lewis B. Williams) | 1932-1982: Lewis B. Williams, Cleveland, OH, by descent to Lewis C. Williams | 1982: Lewis C. Williams, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1982-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH