Portrait of a Lady

c. 1825

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76.3 x 63.5 cm (30 1/16 x 25 in.)
    framed: 90.8 x 78.7 cm (35 3/4 x 31 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.1.5

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased at auction by Albert du Vannes; (sale, Silo's, New York, 19-20 April 1929, 2nd day, no. 346, as Mrs. Rob. N. Auchnuity by John Trumbull); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1937

  • An Exhibition of American Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, The Union League Club, New York, 1937, no. 15, as Mrs. Robert Nicholl Auchmuty by Samuel F. B. Morse.

1939

  • Paintings of Life in America, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1939, no. 102, as Mrs. Henry John Auchmuty by Samuel F. B. Morse.

Bibliography

1939

  • Life in America: A Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings Held during the Period of the New York World's Fair. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1939: 74, fig. 102.

1965

  • Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 31, repro., as Mrs. Henry John Auchmuty (?), Attributed to Samuel F. B. Morse.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 142, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 287, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 418, repro.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 279-280, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20185268

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