Portrait of José-Maria de Heredia

José-Maria de Heredia (1842 – 1905) was a poet of Cuban origin, naturalized French in 1893. His poetic work is part of the “Parnassian” literary movement, to which Théodore de Banville, Leconte de Lisle, François Coppée and Villiers de l’Isle-Adam also contributed.
This portrait was painted in 1894, when de Heredia was elected as a member of the Académie française.