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Portrait of a Man
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait of a Man, 1880. Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894). Oil on canvas; unframed: 81.3 x 65.6 cm (32 x 25 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2009.157
