# Portrait of Henri-Edmond Cross

By [Maximilien Luce](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/maximilien-luce.md>), c. 1897–1898.

An intimate dry-media portrait of Luce's fellow Neo-Impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross. Charcoal and gray crayon give the compact likeness an incisive, unembellished presence.

## Details

- Medium: Charcoal and gray crayon on cream laid paper mounted on board
- Dimensions: 30.5 × 22.8 cm
- Collection: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/metropolitan-museum-of-art.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459735>)

- Categories: Works on Paper
- Styles: [Post-Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/post-impressionism.md>), [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![A head-and-shoulders portrait of Henri-Edmond Cross drawn in charcoal and gray crayon.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/metropolitan-museum-of-art-ae7ac75dbddfd965/full.jpg?v=41c4da54f8a6eb629e74d295681d3b7c00ec10b8b16b87a03ddd4d6cd895df08>)

## Sources & credits

- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975, 1975.1.662
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Henri-Edmond_Cross_MET_DT230345.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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