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Compare the red flowers in the woman’s hand with the blue trim at her collar and cuffs, then look for the hat displayed above the box.
This hat-maker handles decorations that will be attached to a hat. Gonzalès used pastel on canvas, giving the pale blue dress and patterned wall a soft, powdery appearance. The flower-filled box and hat display connect the portrait to the materials of the woman’s work and to the business of fashionable dress.
Pastel on canvas · 45 × 37 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism
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- Museum title
- The Milliner
- Artist
- Eva Gonzalès French, 1849-1883
- Date
- c. 1877
- Medium
- Pastel on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45 × 37 cm (17 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.