Portrait of a Lady

Provenance

(Rose M. [Mrs. Augustus] de Forest, New York); sold 17 November 1924 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 1947 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

French 19th Century

c. 1810

Accession Number

1947.17.69

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 32.8 x 24.8 cm (12 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.) | framed: 44.5 x 35.9 x 5.4 cm (17 1/2 x 14 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection