Portrait of Madame Jules Ricard, née Augustine Bulteau

Portrait of Madame Jules Ricard, née Augustine Bulteau — Fernand Khnopff. c. 1893.

Medium: black chalk on tan-colored vellum. Dimensions: Sheet: 40.5 x 32.4 cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/4 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Although Fernand Khnopff was best known for depicting femmes fatales—threatening or dangerous women—this drawing offers a personalized and intimate depiction of its sitter, Augustine Bulteau. A prolific novelist and writer, Bulteau hosted a regular salon for artists such as Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec. She appears dressed conservatively but fashionably, holding her place in a book as if interrupted while reading.

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.