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Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt
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Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt

Georges Clairin
1876
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The story

Clairin was Bernhardt's friend for fifty years. At the 1876 Salon a critic singled out the actress in white satin with a trailing train, stretched on a divan of pink satin.

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Object details

Title
Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt
Artist
Georges Clairin
Date
1876
Culture
Not recorded
Medium
Oil on canvas
Object type
Paintings
Collection
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License CC0.
Object number
EFA.0244
Original image
2385 × 3000 px
Source record
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License evidence
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