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Jonce I. McGurk

American

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This painting depicts the upper half of a woman's body. She is turned slightly to the left and faces us, with pale skin, soft, rosy cheeks, dark brown eyes, and a neutral expression. She has curly brown hair that is in an updo, with small curls framing her forehead. She is wearing a short-sleeved black dress with a square, lace-trimmed neckline, and has a bright red shawl draped over her shoulders. The background is a solid dark brown color.
Gilbert Stuart, Ann Calvert Stuart Robinson (Mrs. William Robinson), c. 1804, oil on wood, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.22

Ann Calvert Stuart Robinson (Mrs. William Robinson)

Gilbert Stuart · c. 1804 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1942.8.22

A white marble sculpture shows the head and upper chest of an elderly, gaunt, bald, smiling man. In this photograph, the man’s face is angled to our right, and he looks off in that direction with hooded eyes under bushy brows. His forehead, eyes, and mouth are lined with wrinkles. He has a bulbous, slightly hooked nose and high cheekbones. He smiles with his thin lips together. There is a fringe of hair over the ear we can see, and his head is otherwise smooth. The tendons on his neck stand out. The narrow base of the sculpture curves in a U down past his collarbones, and is supported on a charcoal-gray, polished marble base. The sculpture casts a light shadow against a pale gray background to our left in this photograph.
Jean-Antoine Houdon, Voltaire, 1778, marble, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.240

Voltaire

Jean-Antoine Houdon · 1778 · marble ·  Accession ID  1963.10.240