Portrait of a Young Woman
1750/1760
Painter
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 80.9 x 64.5 cm (31 7/8 x 25 3/8 in.)
framed: 104.8 x 89.5 cm (41 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1960.6.28
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1967
Loan for display with permanent collection, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, 1967-1971.
1972
Styles in Portraiture, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no cat.
1974
Loan for display with permanent collection, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1974-1977.
Bibliography
1929
Doria, Arnaud. Louis Tocqué. Paris, 1929: 39, 94 (under no. 12).
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 96.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 84, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 252, repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 291, repro.
2009
Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: no. 75, 347-349, color repro.
Inscriptions
On stretcher: oval label with blue border, "20"; torn small white adhesive label, "..man"; oval label with red type and blue pencil, " 3/ CHENUE/ EMBALLEUR/ 5, Rue de la Terrasse, PARIS".
Wikidata ID
Q20178031