Paris - Musée du Luxembourg - La Dame au Gant Prior to 1929

            The Postcard

A postally unused carte postale that was published by Lévy Fils et Cie of Paris and Versailles. The card has a divided back.

La Dame au Gant

The Lady With The Glove was painted by Carolus-Duran (1837, Lille - 1917, Paris). It is a portrait of Mme Carolus-Duran, née Pauline Croizette.

The painting was in the Musée du Luxembourg until 1929, after which it was moved to the Louvre where it stayed until 1982, since when it has been in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

The large oil on canvas painting is 228 cm (89.7 in) high and 164 cm (64.5 in) wide, and weighs in at a hefty 76 kg. At bottom left it bears Carolus-Duran's signature and the date 1869.

La Dame au Gant was first exhibited at the Salon of the Palais des Champs Elysées in Paris in 1869. It was a great success, and won a medal. Since then it has been featured in a further 25 exhibitions held throughout the world, with the most recent being High Society at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2018.

The Lady with the Glove is a life-sized full-length portrait of the artist's young wife. It is an archetypal formal portrait, presenting a sober composition, masterful drawing and delicate use of colour.

Madame Carolus-Duran stands out from a near-empty background which is painted in shades of grey and black. The dark, changing colours of the gown catch the eye, as do three interrelated elements: 

-- The young woman's face and fashionable hairstyle.

-- Her hands, one drawing off a pearly grey glove.

-- The glove on the ground underlined by the painter's signature, in red. This anecdotal detail gives the work a modern instantaneous look which is why Emile Zola saw in Carolus-Duran a disciple of Manet.

Taken on: April 8, 2022

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