Woman with red veil
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Femme au voile rouge Fabiola. Variante, HENNER Jean-Jacques (Bernwiller, 1829 - Paris, 1905) entre 1885 (?) et 1890, Paris, peinture à l'huile
© Jean-Jacques Henner, Woman with red veil, between 1885 and 1904 © RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux
Femme au voile rouge Fabiola. Variante, HENNER Jean-Jacques (Bernwiller, 1829 - Paris, 1905) entre 1885 (?) et 1890, Paris, peinture à l'huile
© RMN /Franck Raux
This work is a representative example of the veiled profile heads painted by Henner.
The figure is framed at mid-body and set against a bare background. A thick red veil covers the head of the young woman, who is turned to the left. This painting is reminiscent of Henner's most famous fantasy head, Fabiola (Salon 1885), a widely reproduced but now lost work.