Portrait of a Lady

c. 1825

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 76 x 64 cm (29 15/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
    framed: 90.8 x 78.7 x 4.4 cm (35 3/4 x 31 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.1.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Julius H. Weitzner [1896-1986]); (Ehrich Galleries, New York); (their sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, 18 and 19 April 1934, no. 126);[1] Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1943 to NGA.
[1] According to the Dale collection records (in NGA curatorial files), Ehrich had purchased the portrait from Weitzner, who in turn had bought it in Philadelphia from an owner whose name was unknown.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1937

  • An Exhibition of American Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, The Union League Club, New York, 1937, no. 16, as by Samuel F. B. Morse.

Bibliography

1965

  • Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 30, repro.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 82, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 199, repro.

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 88, 105, repro. 106.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 238, 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: 280-281, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20185281

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