A Portrait

Description A black-haired woman, clad in black with a red scarf, is shown shoulder-length posed against a neutral greenish-grey, shadowy ground. The lighting is from overhead, leaving the eyes in shadow. The subject's identity has not been ascertained.

Provenance William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1878, by purchase [possibly this picture is the "Head of Muller" bought at Delaroche's, by G. A. Lucas, December 16, 1865, on behalf of the Walters Collection]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Lower right: C.L. Müller /; [Date] Lower right: 1852

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, 1865 (?)