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View source →La Belle Hollandaise
Pablo Picasso, 1905
Technical Details
Medium
Gouache, oil and chalk on cardboard laid down on wood
Dimensions
77.1 × 65.8 cm (30.4 × 25.9 in)
Style
Rose Period / Portraiture
Decade
1900s
About This Work
QAGOMA records La Belle Hollandaise as a 1905 mixed-media portrait made during Picasso’s brief stay in Schoorl, Holland. The unknown sitter appears nude except for a floddermuts, or lace cap, and the work’s gouache, oil, and chalk passages on card retain the immediacy of a swiftly observed encounter rather than the finish of a conventional academic nude.
The QAGOMA record situates the painting at the transition from the subdued Blue Period toward brighter Rose Period work. It notes that Picasso travelled through northern Dutch towns in 1905 and that an inscription suggests the picture was a gift to his friend and neighbour, the ceramicist Paco Durio. QAGOMA acquired it in 1959 with funds donated by Major Harold de Vahl Rubin.
Current Location
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, Australia
Public Collection — Open to visitors
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2026 Estimated Value
Priceless / Not for sale
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Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
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