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La Liseuse (The Reader)
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La Liseuse (The Reader)

Jean-Jacques Henner
c. 1880–90
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The story

The model for Henner's nude reader is identified as Juana Romani, who posed for him and other Paris painters. The canvas hung in the Salon Carré at the Salon of 1883 and was shown again at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.

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Object details

Title
La Liseuse (The Reader)
Artist
Jean-Jacques Henner
Date
c. 1880–90
Culture
Not recorded
Medium
Oil painting
Object type
Paintings
Collection
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number
EFA.0304
Original image
3000 × 2284 px
Source record
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License evidence
See the license

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