Portrait of Yvonne in Profile
1880
Written right at the top in faint strokes are the year '1880' and the name 'Yvonne,' turning this delicate profile sketch into a preserved memory of youth. The French artist Ary Renan, associated with the Symbolist movement, used soft, sweeping lines to capture the girl's hair pulled up in a bun and her serene expression. It feels less like a formal portrait and more like a quick, intimate observation from a sketchbook, signed with his initials 'AR' at the bottom.
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