Allegory of the City of Paris by Louise Abbema was created in 1901. The painting is in Musee Carnavalet Paris. The size of the work is 260 x 180,5 cm and made of oil on canvas.
The Artist: Louise Abbéma (1853 – 1927) was a French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle Époque. She began painting in her early teens. Abbema studied under such notables of the period as Charles Joshua Chaplin, Jean-Jacques Henner and Carolus-Duran. She first received recognition for her work at age 23 when she painted a portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, her lifelong friend and possibly her lover.
