Jean Béraud, 'After the Misdeed', about 1885 - 90
About the work
Overview
This work can be placed among the artist's genre paintings of late 19th-century Paris. Here the tone is moralising. The subject of women who fell prey both to their own passions and to the opposite sex was popular in England and France in the 19th century.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- After the Misdeed
- Artist
- Jean Béraud
- Artist dates
- 1849 - 1936
- Date made
- about 1885 - 90
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 38.1 × 46 cm
- Acquisition credit
- On loan from Tate: Presented by Mlle Emilie Yznaga 1937
- Inventory number
- L688
- Location
- Not on display
- Image copyright
- On loan from Tate: Presented by Mlle Emilie Yznaga 1937, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005
- Collection
- Main Collection
- Previous owners
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