Portrait of a Lady

Provenance

(Rose M. [Mrs. Augustus] de Forest, New York); sold 2 August 1921 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[1] his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] According to 1928 Clarke exhibition catalogue annotated with information from files of M. Knoedler & Co., NY (copy in NGA curatorial records and in NGA library).

Portrait of a Lady

Unknown 19th Century

probably c. 1820

Accession Number

1942.8.37

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 62.7 x 52 cm (24 11/16 x 20 1/2 in.) | framed: 84.5 x 72.7 cm (33 1/4 x 28 5/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection