Jane Hading
Medium
Crayon lithograph on greenish brown laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 17 7/8 x 12 1/8 in. (45.4 x 30.8 cm) image: 11 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (29.5 x 23 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Accession Number
49.55.138
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Jane Hading**, a striking crayon lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from 1898, captures the elegance of the celebrated French actress Jane Hading. Toulouse-Lautrec, a leading Post-Impressionist, immersed himself in the vibrant theater and cabaret scenes of fin-de-siècle Paris, producing iconic posters and prints that immortalized performers like her. This intimate portrait, measuring just 11⅝ × 9₁/₁₆ inches, reflects his fascination with the Belle Époque's star actresses, who embodied glamour and modernity. Rendered in crayon on greenish brown laid paper, the work showcases Lautrec's m...
About the Artist
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1864–1901
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (1864-1901) was a French Post-Impressionist painter, printmaker, and illustrator whose innovative poster designs revolutionized graphic art and advertising in late 19th-century Paris. Born into an aristocratic family at Albi in southern France, Toulouse-Lautrec's privileged lineage traced back to the Counts of Toulouse and extended uninterrupted to th...