1890, Paul Cezanne, Madame Cezanne in a Red Dress (Museu de Art de Sao Paulo) -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: The faces of Hortense in these four related portraits are without expression, and yet not completely alike: they could be mistaken for sisters rather than the same person. In the series Cézanne experimented with positioning her head at different angles, exploring the varying effects of light and shade on her features. He also moved the direction of her gaze from painting to painting, and in this one he depicted her left ear instead of her right, as in the others.
1890, Paul Cezanne, Madame Cezanne in a Red Dress (Museu de Art de Sao Paulo) -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: The faces of Hortense in these four related portraits are without expression, and yet not completely alike: they could be mistaken for sisters rather than the same person. In the series Cézanne experimented with positioning her head at different angles, exploring the varying effects of light and shade on her features. He also moved the direction of her gaze from painting to painting, and in this one he depicted her left ear instead of her right, as in the others.