File:Alfred Stevens - An Aspiring Connoisseur.jpg
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[edit]An Aspiring Connoisseur
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An Aspiring Connoisseur |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Alfred Stevens' intimate scenes with elegant women, richly dressed in period gowns, allowed him to gain a worldwide notoriety, synonymous with the elegance of the Second Empire. The high prices that his works commanded enabled him to purchase beautiful period furniture, pictures and objects which he represents in his own compositions. Known for his richly accessorized portrait, Stevens chooses here to depict a maid, captured by the bronze statue she just dusted, which appears to look back at her. While the subject is quite unusual for the artist, Stevens evidently wanted to show an unknown beauty, where we are not expected to find it. The young lady with red hair and alabaster skin is portrayed with care: the painter details the lace on her shirt as well as the embroidery around the hem of the skirt, as much as the feathers on the duster, the beautiful flowers on the left and finely the smoothness of the sculpted bronze.[1] |
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| Date | by 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 124 cm (48.8 in); width: 46.6 cm (18.3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | Unknown location | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Inscriptions |
Signature bottom right: Alfred Stevens
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| Source/Photographer | Artvee.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 16:48, 28 June 2024 | | 721 × 2,000 (564 KB) | Mabrndt (talk | contribs) | Larger Sotheby's online image (a bit easier to see signature) |
| 16:14, 28 June 2024 |  | 649 × 1,800 (1.01 MB) | Mabrndt (talk | contribs) | Uploaded a work by {{Creator:Alfred Stevens}} from [https://artvee.com/dl/an-aspiring-connoisseur/ Artvee.com] with UploadWizard |
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