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Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair
Paul Cézanne · 1877
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
About this painting
Cézanne painted his wife Hortense Fiquet nearly thirty times. Here, patches of green shadow flatten her face into a mask-like calm, an early sign of his move away from strict naturalism.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.4 × 55.9 cm (28.5 × 22.0 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston
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