Jo, La Belle Irlandaise

Title: Jo, La Belle Irlandaise
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
Creator: Gustave Courbet (1819-1877)
Date: 1865-1866
Description: This is a portrait of the model Joanna Hiffernan, who happened to be the mistress of one of Courbet's friends. This painting represents beauty and takes inspiration from earlier art styles to portray vanity as well. The painting depicts a woman with long red hair gazing into a hand-held mirror.
Format: Painting. Oil on canvas. 22 x 26 in.
Language: French
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contributor: Shaelyn Fett
Identifier: 29.100.63.
Subject: Vanity; Mirror; Red hair; Mistress; Beauty; 19th century; Gustave Courbet; Joanna Hiffernan.
Source: Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed 10/12/2023. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436001.

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