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This painting of a woman with her make-up was purchased by Theo van Gogh (1857-1891) for his private collection.
The sitter for this painting was probably Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938), a French painter who, in 1894, became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She is also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo. She modelled for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (who gave her painting lessons), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes.
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