Lady with Cornucopia
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 30 × 25in. (76.2 × 63.5cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Henry Seymour
Object number1841.25.2
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a white-haired woman turned slightly to the right. She has very heavy black eyebrows, a long nose, and very pink lips. She wears a narrow pink ribbon around her throat, long pearl earrings, and diamond-shaped jewels in her hair. She has on a blue dress with narrow lace around the low-cut neck. Over her right shoulder and left arm and behind her right arm is a three-quarter length sleeve on her left arm. Brown and flowing drapery extends over and to the side of her head. Her right hand, which is raised, holds the small end of a cornucopia in her lap, and with her left hand prevents fruits, flowers, and wheat from spilling out of the large end of the cornucopia. Flower ornaments decorate the lower left corner.
NotesInterpretive label: "This abstract allegory of Queen Anne as Ceres or Abundance with a cornucopia is typical of the productions of Cooper's shop, which is thought to have been employed mainly in the production of cheap paintings of royal and noble figures. Many of Cooper's paintings descended in American families, and he was long thought to have been a Boston painter. This example retains the original carved, gessoed, and gilded frame."Status
Not on view
Adabelle Canney Lyon
2022 September 28
