Hippolyte Coté, Portrait Of A Woman In A Black Silk Gown

Hippolyte Coté, Portrait Of A Woman In A Black Silk GownThis elegant mid 19th century portrait by French artist Hippolyte Cot (1816 1874), depicts a young Frenchwoman in a black silk gown. Painted in 1859, during the early flourishing of the Second Empire, it was captured at a moment when the world around her was quietly transforming with the rise of the cultivated bourgeoisie. With an expression entirely serene, and her posture impeccably composed, nothing here feels theatrical or over embellished.

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 18½” x 24” / 47cm x 61cmYear of creation: c

1860Provenance: HollandCondition: Areas of light craquelure but otherwise fine

each became somewhat shunned at a national level and

It’s a painting that gives you so much when you spend a few minutes simply taking it all in

Year of creation: 1872

he learned the nuances of the Renaissance painters and applied his teachings to the modern world

oranges and greens to great effect

The painting is housed within a fine hand-carved foliate frame with a decorative inner border

Labels & Inscriptions: Two labels from art dealer Otto Lemming

the Accademia di San Luca in Rome

was derived from a connection to nature that probably originated in childhood

they were forced back by storms