Brooks probably met Marie Rose Antoinette Catherine Robert d’Aqueria de Rochegude in exclusive social circles in Paris and London, where the wealthy sitter was an arts patron who organized Brooks’s 1924 exhibition at London’s Alpine Club Gallery. Brooks pairs the baroness with an uncaged ocelot, whose spotted coat and direct gaze echo the sitter’s own. The animal lends an air of exoticism, sensuality, and humor to this forthright portrait.
The Art of Romaine Brooks, 2016
- Title
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La Baronne Emile D’Erlanger
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1924
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 41 7⁄8 x 34 1⁄8 in. (106.4 x 86.7 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of the artist
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Occupation – other – aristocrat
- Occupation – art – collector
- Occupation – art – painter
- Animal – wildcat
- Occupation – art – patron
- Object Number
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1968.18.5
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
