File:Italian - Portrait of a Lady - Walters 37394.jpg
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Portrait of a Lady
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Anonymous (Italy)
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| Title |
Portrait of a Lady
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: This unidentified, fashionably dressed lady wishes to be represented, above all, as a student of ancient culture. On the table next to a sheet of music is a cabinet with casts of ancient carved gems, which were often collected along with-or instead of-the actual gems; for the serious student, even one such as the sitter who is armed with a magnifying glass, casts bring out details that hard to see in the original carving. Also, they could be duplicated as a set for those with scholarly interests but without the means to acquire the originals. In addition, the lady wears a portrait miniature of a gentleman (her deceased husband, father, or teacher?). The portrait is painted in the new neoclassical style, which emphasizes clearly delineated forms. |
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| Date | between circa 1780 and circa 1789 (Baroque) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Painted surface height: 99.2 cm (39 in); width: 75.7 cm (29.8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
37.394 |
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| Place of creation | Rome | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
On the sheet of music: QUELL' OCCHIETTO LANGU[IDO] NON MI
[that languid little eye, not to me] |
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| References | Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 428 , pp. 539−540 OCLC: 2463997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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