Jean François Raffaëlli
French, 1850-1924
Germaine at her Toilette
INV-1049
Jean François Raffaëlli
French, 1850-19241886
Germaine at her Toilette
Jean François Raffaëlli French, 1850-1924 →pasteldrawings (visual works)
Date
1886
Medium
Pastel on canvas
Dimensions
Sight: 108.3 × 59.7 cm (42 11/16 × 23 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Janis H. Palmer
This pastel portrait of Jean-François Raffaëlli’s eight-year- old daughter Germaine captures her youthful awkwardness as she prepares to wash. She stands still in rumpled stockings and a wrinkled petticoat, distracted for a moment before beginning her routine. Her plain attire and blank expression contrast with the elegance of her surroundings, which include a finely decorated china toilette set and a gauzy, lace-edged red cloth.
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