(b. 1839, Aix-en-Provence, d. 1906, Aix-en-Provence)
Lady in Blue
c. 1900
Oil on canvas, 90 x 74 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
The sitter of this portrait is probably the painter's housekeeper, Madame Brémont, who was recalled as having "loyally and respectfully taken care of her master." The portrait is marked by a lyricism untypical of Cézanne's late works.
