Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl
Artist/Maker
DatesSigned: Signed 1866
Material / Technique
Dimensionsh x w: Mått 54 x 65 cm h x w x d: Ram 79 x 89 x 10 cm
Inventory numberNM 2543
AcqusitionGift 1926 Nationalmusei Vänner
Other titlesTitle (sv): Jo, den vackra irländskan Title (en): Jo, the Beautiful Irish Girl
DescriptionDescription: Irishwoman Joanna Heffernan moved in artists’ circles and was admired for her beauty. She was portrayed several times both by the Frenchman Gustave Courbet and the American James Abbott McNeill Whistler. In Courbet's painting, she runs her hand through her loose red hair, while looking at herself in a mirror – an symbolic gesture and a motif associated with themes of defiant sensualism, vanity and the transience of beauty.
Exhibited
Motif categoryPortrait
Collection
TechniquePainting
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