Art, literature & history
The Milliner
c. 1877
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pastel on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45 × 37 cm (17 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1972.362
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- Public domain (WikiArt label)License details
Eva Gonzalès. The Milliner. Image: WikiArt. Public domain (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Milliner — Eva Gonzalès. c. 1877.
Medium: Pastel on canvas. Dimensions: 45 × 37 cm (17 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Eva Gonzalès’s subjects were most often women engaged in activities such as reading, knitting, or filling a vase with flowers. This pastel of a milliner, or hat-maker, shows the figure handling the trimmings that will eventually be used to decorate a hat. Millinery was a popular subject for the Impressionists, given their interest in fashion and scenes from modern life.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.