The artist’s mother, the Countess Adèle de Toulouse Lautrec at breakfast

The mother of the painter came from an old family from the Aude province. The two families, Toulouse-Lautrec and Céleyran, had been interrelated since the 18th century. Adèle married her cousin, Count Alphonse-Charles-Marie de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa. After the birth of their second child the couple separated and, after her divorce, Adèle lived at Malromé Château where the portrait was painted.