Portrait of Madame Jules Ricard, née Augustine Bulteau, c. 1893. Fernand Khnopff (Belgian, 1858-1921). Black chalk on tan-colored vellum; sheet: x cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/4 in.). Although Fernand Khnopff was best known for depicting femmes fatales—threatening or dangerous women—this drawing offers a personalized and intimate depiction of its sitter, Augustine Bulteau. A prolific novelist and writer, Bulteau hosted a regular salon for artists such as Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec. She appears dressed conservatively but fashionably, holding her place in a book as if interrupted while reading
Portrait of Madame Jules Ricard, née Augustine Bulteau, c. 1893. Fernand Khnopff (Belgian, 1858-1921). Black chalk on tan-colored vellum; sheet: x cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/4 in.). Although Fernand Khnopff was best known for depicting femmes fatales—threatening or dangerous women—this drawing offers a personalized and intimate depiction of its sitter, Augustine Bulteau. A prolific novelist and writer, Bulteau hosted a regular salon for artists such as Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec. She appears dressed conservatively but fashionably, holding her place in a book as if interrupted while reading.
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