Thomas Couture
Woman in Profile
1854-1874
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Thomas Couture
Woman in Profile
1854-1874
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 25 1/16 x 20 1/16 in. (63.7 x 51 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.72
Known primarily as a painter of historical subjects, Thomas Couture also excelled in portraiture. A romantic who broke from the prevailing academic tradition, he became a popular teacher in Paris during the 1850s and 1850s, and counted among his pupils Édouard Manet and Mary Cassatt. In this evocative image, a young woman, her figure bathed in strong light, turns her head away from the viewer in a gesture of modesty.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew", January 12-February 11, 1940.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting, 1840 - 1940", June 6-September 1, 1941.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin", November 13-December 30, 1951.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nineteenth Century European Painting", June 24-September 7, 1969.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, "Thomas Couture: Paintings and Drawings in American Collections," February 5-March 15, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure", circulated to Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, September 4-November 1, 1997; Academy of the Arts, Easton, January 31-March 7, 1998; and Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew", January 12-February 11, 1940.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting, 1840 - 1940", June 6-September 1, 1941.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin", November 13-December 30, 1951.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nineteenth Century European Painting", June 24-September 7, 1969.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, "Thomas Couture: Paintings and Drawings in American Collections," February 5-March 15, 1970.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection: Maryland's Treasure", circulated to Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, September 4-November 1, 1997; Academy of the Arts, Easton, January 31-March 7, 1998; and Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, July 26-September 27, 1998.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
"Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection," Baltimore: The Maryland Institute, 1911, cat. #166.
"A Century of Baltimore Collecting, 1840 - 1940," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941, p. 39.
"From Ingres to Gauguin," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, cat. #82.
"The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1965, cat. #74, illus. on cover.
"The Lucas Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, cat. #74.
Inscribed: FACE: LC, (black paint), 'TC'; below LC, (black paint), 'E'. VERSO, BACKING: left TE, (pencil), upsidedown, '24'; TC, (pencil), upsidedown, '2'; UR corner, (black marker), '70.19'. VERSO, FRAME: left TE, (red pencil), 'center S...'; C, (pencil), '...Krter/KL3B'; right of previous, 'BMA cat./1965/#74'; UR corner, (masking tape), '166'; UR corner, (label), 'Baltimore Museum of Art/Wyman Park...(sideways, pencil) 10 A/PVI...(red pen below pencil) 14A'; BE left of C, (torn label) 'Succession G.A. Lucas...'
