Portrait of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
78.9 × 60 cm (31 1/16 × 23 5/8 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111626
Art Historical Context
Jules-Élie Delaunay Portrait of Mrs. Charles. Hutchinson, painted in 1890, a refined oil-on-canvas now housed in the Institute of Chicago’s collection of European painting and sculpture Measuring just under 32 by 24, the modest scale suggests intimate likeness intended for close rather than grand display.unay, working in the academic tradition of late-nineteenth-century France, employs the luminous qualities of oil to render fabric, skin, and expression with careful precision. Portraiture at this moment served both personal and social purposes, recording the appearance of notable individuals ...