Portrait of a Woman
Date1877
Object PlaceFrance, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions21 inches × 25 1/2 inches (53.34 × 64.77 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph Harman Booth
Object number21.8
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a woman, facing left, seated in a rust-colored chair. Her hair is auburn, and she wears a black dress. A vase of flowers is behind her head at left.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 10a
ProvenanceEdgar Degas, Paris (d. 1917); Degas Estate Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 6, 1918, no 64; Jacques Seligman, Paris; American Art Association, New York, Jan 27, 1921 (sale, no 56); Henry Reinhardt and Son (dealer), New York, for DIA, 1921
17th Century
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641