Portrait of a Lady, 18th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lewis Einstein

Accession Number

1953.13.1

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (painter)

Louis Michel Van Loo (related artist) French, 1707 - 1771

Image Use

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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

Böhler, Julius
Einstein, Lewis D.

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.