Portrait of a Woman (c. 1891): Art, History and Details

Portrait of a Woman (c. 1891) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Edmond François Aman-Jean (French, 1858–1936).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Portrait of a Woman
• Date: c. 1891
• Creator attribution: Edmond François Aman-Jean (French, 1858–1936)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• 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.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1972.120

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Christie, Manson & Woods. Impressionist and Modern Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture. June 9, 1971.
• Christie, Manson & Woods. Impressionist and Modern Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture. June 9, 1971.
• Patrick Lindsay, letter to Sherman Lee, Jan. 3, 1973, in CMA curatorial file.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.