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Portrait of an Elderly Lady
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This starkly realistic portrait shows a strong-featured old woman dressed in her finery staring directly at the viewer. In its candor, the painting bears a striking resemblance to a celebrated family portrait, "The Three Women of Ghent" (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris) that was traditionally attributed to David who lived in Brussels after his exile from France following the fall of Napoleon.
Provenance
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Alexandre Dumas fils; P. A. Chéramy Sale, Paris, May 7, 1908, no. 47; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1951 | From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/10/1951 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; surface cleaned; x-ray |
| 9/2/1965 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 9/3/1965 | Treatment | coated; lined; loss compensation; re-framed; stabilized; surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced |
Measurements
Overall: H: 25 1/2 × W: 21 1/4 in. (64.8 × 54 cm)
Framed: H: 31 1/2 × W: 27 1/2 × D: 3 1/2 in. (80 × 69.9 × 8.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1908
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.392