La_femme_au_Masque_by_Henri_Gervex_1885_-_22_year_old_Parisienne_model_Marie_Renard_wearing_only_a_Domino_masque_..jpg


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Artist
Henri Gervex (1852–1929) wikidata:Q956102 s:fr:Auteur:Henri Gervex
Henri Gervex
Alternative names
Henri Alexandre Gervex; Henri-Alexandre Gervex; H. Gervex; Henry Gervex; Gervex
Description French painter, illustrator and pastellist
Date of birth/death 10 September 1852 / 10 December 1852 Edit this at Wikidata 7 June 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work period 1872 Edit this at Wikidata –1929 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q956102
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: La Femme au Masque is a painting completed by Henri Gervex in 1885. It depicts the 22 year old Parisienne model Marie Renard wearing only a Domino masque. It was described a scandalous at its first public exhibition, and many women were cited/accused/scandalised/distrusted/misogynised as the model over the following years, the most high profile being Camille du Gast where it was the subject of a court case in 1902.
Date 1885
date QS:P571,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium painting
Unknown Unknown
Notes Original painting was made in Paris in 1885, 127 years ago. This Image of the painting was published in 1902 in the USA. - in the book Master Paintings of the World , Edited by Dupont Vicars, The White City Art Co., Chicago, Current source -
Source/Photographer http://www.iment.com/maida/family/mother/vicars/p167.htm
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