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Portrait of a Woman
Spanish
about 1800
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Diameter: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number23.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsMiniatures
DescriptionCircular. Young lady, seated half-length and facing three quarters front on a red gold trimmed chair, wearing thin materialed white dress with orange designs, black veil over the back fo ther hair and over her shoulders, blue bow in hair with three small roses, large silver earrings, silver ring on little finger of left hand, also holding a fan (closed) in her left hand.
Set in a gilt-metal mount
Set in a gilt-metal mount
Signed
Spurious signature: F. Goya and dated 1781
ProvenancePurchased of Mrs. E.L. Teeter (Jan-04-1923)