Inscription: back of canvas, handwritten, French: C'est ma chere femme qui a posé pour ce tableau. The poem’s first stanza can be roughly translated as:īoth strong, and pensive, seated, holdingĪlfred Stevens, Belgian (Brussels 1823 - 1906 Paris)Īlternate Title: Portrait of Madame Stevensįramed: 125.41 x 74.61 x 3.81 cm (49 3/8 x 29 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.) The French aesthete and poet Robert de Montesquiou dedicated his poem Une Musicienne (A Musician) to both Stevens and this painting. The statue is one of many versions of a popular sculpture by Paul Dubois, A Florentine Singer from the Fifteenth Century, 1865, which was available in several sizes. The pensive musician is echoed by the bronze statue of a lute player behind her. The harpist here is Stevens’s wife, Marie, who has just finished playing, a congratulatory bouquet in hand.
In particular, he excelled at the depiction of rich fabrics and interiors.
Stevens was best known for his finely detailed representations of the domestic life of haute-bourgeois French women.
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