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image of The Corinthian Maid
Joseph Wright (artist)
British, 1734 - 1797
The Corinthian Maid, 1782-1784
oil on canvas
Overall: 106.3 x 130.8 cm (41 7/8 x 51 1/2 in.) framed: 135.9 x 158.8 x 8.2 cm (53 1/2 x 62 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Paul Mellon Collection
1983.1.46
On View
From the Tour: British and American History Paintings of the 1700s
Object 7 of 8

1957Rosenblum, Robert. "The Origin of Painting: A Problem in the Iconography of Romantic Classicism." The Art Bulletin 39 (1957): 284-285, fig. 5.
1966Irwin, David. English Neoclassical Art. London, 1966: 79-80, pl. 92.
1968Nicolson, Benedict. Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light. 2 vols. London, 1968: 1:16, 64-65, 143, 149, 243, no. 224; 2:pl. 245.
1970Wark, Robert. Review of Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light by Benedict Nicolson. In The Art Quarterly 33 (1970): 72.
1971Cummings, Frederick. "Joseph Wright at the National Gallery." The Art Quarterly 34 (1971): 478, 481.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 424, no. 590, colo repro., as by Joseph Wright of Derby.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 439, repro.
1992Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 344-350, repro. 347.

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