Madame Georges van Muyden, 1917 by Amedeo Modigliani

Madame Georges van Muyden, 1917 by Amedeo Modigliani
Madame Georges van Muyden, 1917 by Amedeo Modigliani

This is quite possibly one of a small number of portraits Modigliani painted as a commission, since his models generally belonged to his circle of fellow bohemians. These circumstances account for the more composed, elegant, and self-possessed nature of the sitter.