Madame Cézanne (Portrait de Madame Cézanne)
1888–1890
Oil on canvas
92.7 × 73 cm (36.5 × 28.7 in)
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Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Marie-Hortense Fiquet posed frequently for her husband, Paul Cézanne. The two met in Paris in 1869, when Fiquet was working as an artist's model; their son, Paul, was born in 1872. Cézanne kept the relationship—and child—a secret from his disapproving father for 14 years.
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