Unidentified Woman
PainterPainted by
Unknown
SubjectPortrait of
Unknown
Dateabout 1840-1850
MediumMiniature;watercolor on ivory on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 7/16 x 3 9/16in. (11.2 x 9.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Eva Butler
Object number1957.45.3
DescriptionMiniature portrait of a woman with brown eyes and brown hair up with a black ribbon. The woman is wearing a blue dress, which falls off of her shoulders. The woman is sitting on a deep red chair.
Label TextThis unknown woman's hairstyle suggests that her miniature portrait was painted sometime in the 1840's or 1850's, at a time where photography was rapidly replacing paintings as the standard form of portraiture. Much more affordable than painted miniatures, photographic portraits quickly became much more common. The larger-than-usual size of this miniature and the woman's pose may have been influenced by contemporary portrait photographs.
NotesDate Note: The subject’s hairstyle suggests that this miniature was made during the 1840s to late 1850s.(Ozzone 2/28/2013)
Status
Not on view
