The poet Clémence Isaure, Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, circa 1890

The artist's model for the present work was his wife, marie barbaroux. In the tradition of the great nineteenth-century symbolists, martin depicts her here in the guise of the poetess clémence isaure. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1890. Dimensions: height: 93.6 cm (36.8 in); width: 73.9 cm (29 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Private collection. Henri Martin - La poétesse Clémence Isaure