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Portrait of a Man
About the Artwork
This portrait of Albert Courtier was painted in the fourth-floor apartment at 31 boulevard Hausmann in Paris that Gustave Caillebotte shared with his brother Martial. The interior and balcony of this apartment provided the setting for numerous paintings of men in Caillebotte’s social circle surveying the city. Courtier’s pose and unguarded gaze suggest a comfortable rapport with the artist. Their relationship was close: Courtier posed for Caillebotte on several occasions, owned four of the artist’s paintings, and designated his friend as godfather to his eldest daughter.
Provenance
(Galerie Braume and Lorenceau, Paris, France, acquired from the artist's family) 1972-2009: Noah Butkin [1918-1980], Shaker Heights, OH by inheritance to his wife, Muriel Butkin [1915-2008] -2009: Estate of Muriel Butkin, Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2009-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (September 25, 2012-January 12, 2013); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 19-May 27, 2013); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (June 29-September 29, 2013). Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter's Eye. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (June 28-October 4, 2015); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (November 8, 2015-February 14, 2016). Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023). Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894): Painting Men. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (organizer) (October 8, 2024-January 19, 2025); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (February 25-May 25, 2025); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (June 29-October 5, 2025).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 81.3 x 65.6 cm (32 x 25 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2009.157
More by Gustave Caillebotte in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009236
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