The Countess

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, The Countess, 1838, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.44
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, The Countess, 1838, oil on canvas, 34 5⁄8 x 27 1⁄8 in. (88.0 x 69.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.44
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Artwork Details

Title
The Countess
Artist
Date
1838
Location
Dimensions
34 5⁄8 x 27 1⁄8 in. (88.0 x 69.0 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — other — aristocrat
  • Figure female — waist length
Object Number
1979.44
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1979.44

Artwork Description

In The Countess, Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze concentrated on capturing the handsome and serious features of his sitter; the unfinished, sketchy treatment and outlines of hands show the artist working out the details of his composition. Leutze was an itinerant portraitist in 1838, and the inscription below the portrait reveals that he painted this work either in a friend’s studio or a rented space. The painting’s rich brushwork and colors reflect the style of two popular portraitists in Philadelphia, Thomas Sully and Gilbert Stuart.

Works by this artist (3 items)

George N. Barnard, U.S.M. Bridge, Chattanooga, ca. 1860-1865, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.30.1
U.S.M. Bridge, Chattanooga
Artist
Dateca. 1860-1865
albumen silver print
Not on view
George N. Barnard, The "Hell Hole", New Hope Church, Georgia, from Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, plate 27, ca. 1866, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.7
The ​“Hell Hole”, New Hope Church, Georgia, from…
Artist
Dateca. 1866
albumen silver print
Not on view
George N. Barnard, Bonaventure, Savannah, Georgia, ca. 1866, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.6
Bonaventure, Savannah, Georgia
Artist
Dateca. 1866
albumen silver print
Not on view

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