Portrait of a Young Girl
Artist
Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel
(French, 1851 - 1913)
Date1880
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 1/4 × 18 1/8 in. (61.6 × 46 cm)
Overall, Frame: 31 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (80 × 64.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 31 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (80 × 64.8 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineGift of the Joseph T. Waldo family in honor of Jeff Harrison, Chief Curator Emeritus of the Chrysler Museum of Art
Object number2015.20
On View
On viewLabel TextLouis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel French, 1851–1913 Portrait of a Young Girl, 1880 Oil on canvas The subject of this endearing portrait is unknown, but it is painted with precision and control. Like his contemporaries Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran and Henri Fantin-Latour, Boutet de Monvel learned those skills at the École des Beaux-Arts, in Paris. He is better known, hoever, as an acclaimed illustrator of children's books, such as Joan of Arc (1896). Gift of the Joseph T. Waldo family in honor of Jeff Harrison, Chief Curator Emeritus of the Chrysler Museum of Art 2015.20