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The image shows a woman standing upright with a small red book in her right hand. She has a fair complexion, neutral expression, slightly arched eyebrows, and small, rounded lips. Her dark brown hair is styled in an updo with a black accessory. She wears a high-necked dark dress with puffed sleeves and a white collar. The background is plain blue. The woman is not wearing any visible jewelry, and the setting is minimalistic with only the book present.
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The image shows a woman standing upright with a small red book in her right hand. She has a fair complexion, neutral expression, slightly arched eyebrows, and small, rounded lips. Her dark brown hair is styled in an updo with a black accessory. She wears a high-necked dark dress with puffed sleeves and a white collar. The background is plain blue. The woman is not wearing any visible jewelry, and the setting is minimalistic with only the book present.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Anonymous Woman

American 19th Century

Date
c. 1830
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 46.8 x 36.1 cm (18 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.) framed: 59 x 48.4 x 3 cm (23 1/4 x 19 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1953.5.85
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • female
  • portrait
  • American Naive Paintings
  • Naive
Provenance

Purchased in 1951 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[1] gift to NGA, 1953. [1] The donor sheet (in NGA curatorial file) does not indicate where this painting originated.

NGA object ID 42488. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.