Portrait of Marguerite van Mons

Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe was a Belgian Neo-Impressionist painter who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century. A founding member of the Belgian avant-garde group Les XX, he was an important figure in the international Neo-Impressionist movement and helped connect the artistic circles of Brussels and Paris with wider European cultural networks. His work was distinguished by its innovative treatment of colour and light, particularly in his portraits and landscapes.

Portrait of Marguerite van Mons is an oil-on-canvas painting by Belgian painter Théo van Rysselberghe. The girl portrayed is ten-year-old Marguerite van Mons, depicted shortly after the death of her mother. Théo van Rysselberghe was friends with Emile van Mons, a lawyer and well-known art lover, and painted his daughter Marguerite in June 1886. He had previously painted a portrait of her sister Camille which is now part of the collection of the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum in Hanover.