Desirée Manfred (The Summer Girl) (1904). Jacques-Émile Blanche (French, 1861-1942). Oil on canvas.D
Desirée Manfred (The Summer Girl) (1904). Jacques-Émile Blanche (French, 1861-1942). Oil on canvas.Dated by Jane Roberts to 1904, this painting portrays one of Blanche’s favorite models in informal pose, seated on the arm of a delicate fauteuil. When reproduced in the Illustrated London News in 1905 it was given the title “The Summer Girl.” The subject, a beautiful young woman named Desirée Manfred, was one of Blanche’s favorite models, whom he painted no less than thirteen times. She is something of a mysterious figure, Desirée Manfred almost certainly not being her real name, but chosen because of some romantic Byronic connection of her own (or her mother’s) invention. -- source link
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