In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
The young female servant seen here carries a platter with what appears to be a gold goblet. In the background are blue walls, a purplish floor, a framed picture, and a black door that frames the servant's head and shoulders. The goblet and the halo effect created by the door—combined with a style that straddles Gothic glass and expressionism—reflect Rouault's belief in the inner light of society's undesirables, which he called "the least of these." He wrote in the 1930s: "A truth hidden at the core of our being sometimes makes us have a premonition of true beauty, true grandeur. The most noble subjects are humbled by a low spirit, while modest and simple realities are raised up and magnified."
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Max Beckmann — Woman with Snake / Snake Charmer
Geer van Velde — Seated Figure at Table
Amedeo Modigliani — The Pretty Housewife (La Jolie ménagère)
Henri Matisse — Seated Nude in a Tan Room
Chaïm Soutine — Young Woman in a White Blouse
Amedeo Modigliani — The Pretty Housewife (La Jolie ménagère)
Edvard Munch — The Sickroom
Edvard Munch — Elsa Glaser
Henri Matisse — Nude with Blue Necklace (Nu au collier bleu)
Hugh Mesibov — Byzantine Figure
Edouard Vuillard — The Conversation
Édouard Vuillard — Madame Vuillard Standing, Reading by a Wi
