After a first career in England, Jules Chéret opened a lithography workshop in 1866 in Paris. Considered the father of the modern poster, he illustrated the bustling Paris of the second half of the 19th century through a colorful and festive universe. Of his production of advertisements for various brands, we know especially his creations of posters of spectacle where the characters of the commedia dell’arte cross joyfully, and the recurring silhouette of the Parisian known as « La Chérette ». Beyond his work as a lithographer, Jules Chéret was also a decorator, pastellist and painter. Far from the hustle and bustle of Paris, our oil painting seems to belong more to the sphere of intimacy, whose format suggests the nature of a study carried out on the spot. If the identity of the subject is not known to us, we assume that it is the artist’s wife, Marie Alphonsine Creuzet, who regularly served as his model.