Now Viewing: la_belle_irlandaiseTag type: Copyright La Belle Irlandaise (portrait de Jo), AKA Jo, La Belle Irlandaise or simply La Belle Irlandaise ("The Beautiful Irishwoman") is a painting by French realist painter Gustave Courbet (10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877). It is a portrait of "Joanna Hiffernan (born 1842/43), mistress and model of the artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), and perhaps subsequently Courbet’s lover. Although dated 1866, the picture was likely undertaken in 1865, when the two men painted together at the French seaside resort of Trouville; Courbet wrote of "the beauty of a superb redhead whose portrait I have begun." He would paint three repetitions with minor variations." It has long been speculated that Joanna Hiffernan was also the model for L'Origine_du_monde, another painting by Courbet. From < metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436001 > See also: L'Origine_du_monde Other Wiki Information Last updated: 08/26/15 3:35 PM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
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