Portrait of a Lady Holding a Book

ca. 1740-49

64.1 cm 76.6 cm

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This fascinating portrait of an unnamed British woman perfectly balances restraint and luxury and is artful in its controlled display of the markers of material wealth: the pink dress could be flirtatious, but the woman’s torso is covered by a large kerchief; she wears several...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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