Portrait of a Lady
Giovanni Boldini
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Among Giovanni Boldini’s glittering muses was the New York philanthropist Florence Blumenthal (born Florence Meyer). Florence and her husband, George, were generous supporters of the city’s leading institutions, including Mount Sinai Hospital and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this portrait, painted in Paris, she is dressed in the height of French fashion, down to the rhinestone-encrusted buckles on her black satin pumps.
Caption
Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842–1931). Portrait of a Lady, 1912. Oil on canvas , 91 x 47 3/4 in., 121 lb. (231.1 x 121.3 cm, 54.89kg) frame: 98 1/4 x 54 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (249.6 x 139.1 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 41.876. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Artist
Title
Portrait of a Lady
Date
1912
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
91 x 47 3/4 in., 121 lb. (231.1 x 121.3 cm, 54.89kg) frame: 98 1/4 x 54 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (249.6 x 139.1 x 9.5 cm)
Signatures
Signed and dated lower right: "Boldini/1912"
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
41.876
Frequent Art Questions
We were out of the country and just saw one of Boldini's paintings at the Vanderbilt mansion. Are there more in the museum's collection?
Yes, we do. A portrait of Whistler, it is on this same floor close to the elevators.Oh. I think I know that one. I love that painting.Personally, I love Boldini's work and how his brushstrokes fan out at the edges.
There is always something about his portraits that make me want to gasp. This is my favorite.It was also recently reinstalled (it was hanging on a staff floor for a time).My lucky night! He looks so mischievous.He does! The shape of the eyebrows really add to that sense. I love the brushwork on the back of the chair, and that splash of light on the seat of the chair.
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