Portrait of a Lady
18th century
Painter

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 56 x 46.5 cm (22 1/16 x 18 5/16 in.)
framed: 74 x 62.2 cm (29 1/8 x 24 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1953.13.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Julius Böhler, Munich and Lucerne); sold 1929 to Lewis Einstein [1877-1967], Paris;[1] gift 1953 to NGA.
[1] Einstein told NGA that he purchased the painting in Munich from Böhler, and that the dealer attributed the work to Louis Michel Van Loo (see notes of 10 April 1962 and 24 August 1964, in NGA curatorial files).
Associated Names
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 77, as School of Louis-Michel van Loo.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 67, repro., as School of Louis-Michel van Loo
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 198, repro., as School of Louis-Michel van Loo
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 418, 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: 481, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20177719