Shop art print and framed art The Little Lady by Camille Claudel

The sculptor Camille Claudel spent the summer of 1891 with Auguste Rodin at the Château de l'Islette in the Loire Valley in France. It was there that Camille hid her pregnancy and the loss of her child, and it was in this peaceful setting that the sculptor began the portrait of La petite châtelaine, which she completed in 1864. The model was a six-year-old girl named Marguerite Boyer, granddaughter of the château's owner, Madame Courcelles. The girl posed for around 62 hours over the course of two summers. The final modelling took place in the summer of 1893. This is mentioned in a letter from Camille to Paul Claudel, her brother, in which she tells him about the exhibition at the Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1894 under the title La Contemplation. After this presentation, the bronze sculpture was exhibited the same year at the Société Nationale in Paris, where it

 

This artwork is a photography from the belle epoque period. It belongs to the photographic portrait style.

 

« The Little Lady » is kept at Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent - La Piscine, Roubaix, France.

 

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