ca. 1872 · Oil on canvas
The Japanese Robe
Alfred Stevens
Why it matters
The painting shows Japanese clothing and accessories absorbed into a European studio image of fashionable self-regard. Material intimacy did not require historical or social context.
- Publication
- Salon-era studio painting
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of European Paintings
- Shelfmark
- 87.15.56
Citation
Alfred Stevens. The Japanese Robe. ca. 1872. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 87.15.56.
