Description
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.
Provenance
Duchesse de Fitz-James [1830-1915], Château de la Lorie, Maine-et-Loire. Féral, Paris.; (F & J Tempelaere, Paris, France); (Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY) (1926-1929); Possibly Chester Dale [1883-1962], Washington DC (1929); (C. W. Kraushaar, New York, NY, sold to Lewis B. Williams) (1932); Lewis B. Williams, Cleveland, OH, by descent to Lewis C. Williams (1932-1982); Lewis C. Williams, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982-)
Accession Number
1982.256
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
Framed: 65.1 x 57.2 x 7.6 cm (25 5/8 x 22 1/2 x 3 in.); Unframed: 50.2 x 42.2 cm (19 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Lewis C. Williams
