Madame Ditte

1867

Henri Fantin-Latour

Associated Names
Henri Fantin-Latour

Artist, French, 1836 - 1904

This is a portrait depicting the upper portion of a woman's body. She is facing the camera with a slight turn of her head to the left. The woman has soft facial features and a serene expression. Her hair is styled in a braided updo. She is wearing a dark high-collared garment with a subtle white line visible. The background is dark and textured, emphasizing the woman's features. The portrait appears to be a sketch or drawing, possibly created with charcoal or pencil.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black conté crayon, black chalk and blue pastel, stumping and erasure, with touches of white on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (Oval): 45 x 35 cm (17 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.182.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1945); given to Tullay Hanley (Mrs. T. Edward Hanley), 1962; given by her to Elizabeth Nolnar, 1965; purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, 1983; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • The T. Edward Hanley Collection. Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels. The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1960: no. 73.

1962

  • Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from the Hanley Collection. Wildenstein, New York, 1961: no. 62.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge (only), 1983-85, no. 109 (added during Washington venue and included on Fogg checklist).

1986

  • Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 93.

  • Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 109.

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 93.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 120.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 109.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1911

  • Fantin-Latour, Mme. Catalogue de l’œuvre complet, 1849-1904, de Fantin-Latour. Paris, 1911: no. 309.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 109.

Inscriptions

lower right in crayon: h. Fantin / 67

Watermarks

Shield with initials HP and HALLINES; fragmentary countermark: UDELIST

Wikidata ID

Q64573662

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