Emile Baraize (1874-1952) Portrait Of Suzanne Netre At The Age Of Five

We know of other portraits of Suzanne Netre. Some have recently been acquired by the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris. These are notably the work of Paul-Cesar Helleu and Guillaume Dubuffe. The latter's pencil portrait dates from roughly the same period as ours, with a very similar hairstyle and features. A prominent figure in Parisian Jewish society between the two world wars, Suzanne Netre met a tragic end. On July 28, 1944, a month before the liberation of Paris, Armand Suzanne Netre, her husband, and their four children were arrested at their home by the head of the Gestapo and deported on August 17, 1944, on Convoy 79, the last to leave France. Suzanne died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

As for the artist of this work, Emile Baraize, he was a society painter before embarking on a distinguished career as an Egyptologist. He is notably responsible for the campaign to remove the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.