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Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman (French: Jo, la belle irlandaise) is the title of a series of four oil on canvas bust-length portraits by Gustave Courbet. They all show the same redheaded Irish model Joanna Hiffernan (c.1843 – c.1905) looking in a mirror – she also modelled for Whistler. The works have minor differences in details and dimensions but their exact chronology is unknown. They are now in the Nationalmuseum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and a private collection.
History
The nickname in the title indicates the friendship between the artist and his model and is unusual for contemporary portraits of women in that it gives the model's first name. They were probably painted in Trouville, where the painter spent August to November 1865 painting seascapes with Whistler and Joanna. On 17 November, towards the end of his stay, he wrote to his parents that he "bore himself admirably" and told them that he was Whistler's "pupil".[1] Whistler himself painted the portrait Courbet by the River or My Dear Courbet during the latter's stay with him.[2]
Courbet had already painted a series of paintings of women looking in mirrors in 1860 - this had been quite successful with the public and was exhibited in Brussels. The best known from that series, Woman with a Mirror, was painted in Ornans in winter 1859–1860 and is now in the Kunstmuseum Basel – it shows a brunette with a mirror (almost identical to that in Jo) and a prominent décolletage.[3]
Four versions
| Image | Dimensions (cm) | Collection | City | Catalogue no. | Previous collection/sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 55,9 × 66 | Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York | 29.100.63 | H. O. Havemeyer collection (1929) |
| 54 × 65 | Nationalmuseum | Stockholm | NM 2543 | Entered the collection in 1926 |
 | 54,31 × 63,5 | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City | 32-30 | Scott and Fowles sale, New York (1932) |
 | Unknown | Private Collection | Zurich | Unknown | Rolf & Margit Weinberg sale, Sotheby's New York (May 1998) |
References
- "Chronology: Fall 1865", In: Gary Tinterow, Henri Loyrette, Origins of Impressionism, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, p. 313.
- (in French) « Courbet+Whistler ► L’Origine du monde : et si l’histoire était tout autre ? » by Isabelle Brunnarius, 24 October 2017 on France 3 Régions Blog.
- (in French) « Addendum », in: Courbet (1819-1877), Paris, RMN, 1977, p.230.
На других языках
[de] Jo, die schöne Irin
Jo, die schöne Irin (im Original Jo, La Belle Irlandaise) ist ein Gemälde des französischen Malers Gustave Courbet. Es entstand vermutlich zwischen 1865 und 1866. Der Künstler fertigte insgesamt vier Ausführungen des Ölgemäldes auf Leinwand, die sich nur geringfügig unterscheiden. Eine davon befindet sich im Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, das Format beträgt 55,9 mal 66 cm. Dieses Gemälde gelangte 1929 im Rahmen der Havemeyer-Sammlung als Spende an das MET.[1]- [en] Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman
[fr] Jo, la belle irlandaise
Jo, la belle irlandaise est une série d'œuvres de Gustave Courbet déclinée en quatre huiles sur toile représentant chacune le portrait d'une jeune femme rousse se regardant dans un miroir. En apparence identiques mais présentant en réalité de légères variations (dimension et détails dans le motif), on ignore la chronologie exacte des compositions.[it] Jo, la bella irlandese
Jo, la bella irlandese[1][2] (Jo, la belle irlandaise)[3] è il nome di quattro dipinti a olio di Gustave Courbet realizzati fra il 1865 e il 1866.[4] Sebbene si ignori la cronologia esatta dei quattro dipinti, oggi situati in vari musei del mondo, alcuni critici ritengono che la versione originale sia quella del Nationalmuseum di Stoccolma, mentre le altre sarebbero delle ripetizioni.[5][ru] Джо, прекрасная ирландка
Джо, прекрасная ирландка (фр. Jo, la belle irlandaise) — серия из четырёх портретов французского художника Гюстава Курбе. На всех портретах изображена рыжеволосая ирландская натурщица Джоанна Хиффернан (ок. 1843 — ок. 1905), смотрящая в зеркало. Работы имеют небольшие различия в деталях и размерах, но их точная хронология неизвестна. Сейчас они находятся в Национальном музее Швеции, Метрополитен-музее, Музее Нельсона-Аткинса и в частной коллекции.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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