James Tissot, Painter of Modern Life | by Cleveland Museum of Art | CMA Thinker | Feb, 2023

James Tissot, Painter of Modern Life | by Cleveland Museum of Art | CMA Thinker | Feb, 2023

By William H. Robinson, Paul J. and Edith Ingalls Vignos Jr. Senior Curator of Fashionable Art

Determine 1. Two Figures at a Door (The Proposal?), 1872. James Tissot (French, 1836–1902). Oil on canvas 101 x 62.5 cm. Partial reward from Ralph and Terry Kovel and Relatives, and partial invest in from the John L. Severance Fund, 2022.140
Figure 2. Detail of the unfastened button on the reduced element of the woman’s overdress
Figure 3. Ralph and Terry Kovel