Detail of The Streetwalker by Toulouse-Lautrec in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

The Streetwalker

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
(French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois)

Date: ca. 1890–91

Medium: Oil on cardboard

Dimensions: 25 1/2 x 21 in. (64.8 x 53.3 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

Accession Number: 2003.20.13

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As early as 1901 the woman in this painting was identified as a streetwalker. Her name, however, has been lost to history; only the nickname La Casque d'Or (Golden Helmet), which refers to her wig, has survived. She sits in the garden of Monsieur Forest, Lautrec's neighbor in Montmartre.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/438016