Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti)

Portrait of Mr. X (Pierre Loti) is a painting by the French artist Henri Rousseau. Rendered in simplified forms, it depicts a half-length figure of a man with a cat set against a landscape background. Painted in oil on canvas, the work is 61 cm high and 50 cm wide. It is part of the collection of the Kunsthaus Zürich.

The identity of the man portrayed has not been definitively established. Some authors have suggested that the figure represents the writer Pierre Loti. There is also disagreement regarding the dating of the painting; more recent assessments propose 1906 as the year of its creation. The portrait was a model for various other paintings.

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