Portrait of the Artist’s Sister

Artist Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)

Place of OriginFrance

Dateabout 1880

DimensionsPainting: 19 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (49.5 × 39.4 cm)
Frame: 27 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (69.2 × 59.1 × 7 cm)

MediumOil on canvas

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1955.84

Not on View

Label TextA close friend of artist Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour had social and professional ties with the Impressionists, though he pursued a different artistic path. Best known for his lush floral still lifes, he also painted portraits throughout his career, many of them depicting his friends and family members. This sober portrait is of his sister Marie, who married a Russian officer in 1866, at which time she moved to St. Petersburg.Published References"Accessions," Art Quarterly, Winter, 1956, p. 421.

Sutton, Denys, "Nineteenth-Century Painting: Trends and Cross-Currents," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, p. 492, repr. fig. 26, p. 493.

Chiego, W., "Two Paintings by Fantin-Latour," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, XVII, no. 2, 1974, p. 3 ff., fig. 7.

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, p. 58, pl. 240.

Exhibition HistoryNorthampton, Smith College Museum of Art, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1836-1904, 1966, no. 5, repr. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor Michigan, 1958.