La Parisienne à la Fenêtre — Alfred Stevens | Art Postcard

She sits on a red velvet chaise in a pale pink silk gown — puffed shoulders, a high red collar, a red sash, an open painted fan resting in her lap. A white bouquet rests beside her on the cushions. Through the window at her right, a full Parisian boulevard is visible: buildings, trees, and strolling figures going about an ordinary, unhurried afternoon.

The arrangement suggests that the room and the street exist in continuous relation to one another, and she quietly belongs to both worlds at once, neither fully inside nor fully looking out. Signed "A. Stevens," this scene, "La Parisienne à la fenêtre," belongs to his mature Parisian interior period. Part of the Alfred Stevens collection at Zolota Ptakha — printed as a postcard, 10×15 cm on 350 g/m² premium cardstock.