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Source Description
This starkly realistic portrait shows a strong-featured old woman dressed in her finery staring directly at the viewer. In its candor, the painting bears a striking resemblance to a celebrated family portrait, "The Three Women of Ghent" (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris) that was traditionally attributed to David who lived in Brussels after his exile from France following the fall of Napoleon.
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Document identity
localId
16585
label
Portrait of an Elderly Lady
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
16585
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of an Elderly Lady
description
This starkly realistic portrait shows a strong-featured old woman dressed in her finery staring directly at the viewer. In its candor, the painting bears a striking resemblance to a celebrated family portrait, "The Three Women of Ghent" (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris) that was traditionally attributed to David who lived in Brussels after his exile from France following the fall of Napoleon.
provenance
Alexandre Dumas fils; P. A. Chéramy Sale, Paris, May 7, 1908, no. 47; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1820
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
64.8
height
54
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 25 1/2 × W: 21 1/4 in. (64.8 × 54 cm)Framed: H: 31 1/2 × W: 27 1/2 × D: 3 1/2 in. (80 × 69.9 × 8.9 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
3590
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2297
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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