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Portrait of Madeleine Castaing

Chaim Soutine French, born former Russian Empire, now Belarus
ca. 1929
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 908
Soutine met the successful Parisian interior decorator and antiquarian Madeleine Castaing (1894–1992) in 1920. She and her husband became one of the artist's most important patrons during the following decade. The portrait took six sittings in the artist's Paris studio. Castaing's fidgeting hands, awkwardly positioned legs, and tense facial expression convey her impatience and discomfort while posing.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of Madeleine Castaing
  • Artist: Chaim Soutine (French (born former Russian Empire, now Belarus), Smilovitchi 1893–1943 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1929
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 39 1/2 × 28 7/8 in. (100.3 × 73.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967
  • Object Number: 67.187.107
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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