Head of an Arab Girl

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, Head of an Arab Girl, n.d., oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler, 1992.66.2
Copied Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, Head of an Arab Girl, n.d., oil on paperboard, 8 x 6 3⁄8 in. (20.4 x 16.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler, 1992.66.2
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Artwork Details

Title
Head of an Arab Girl
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Dimensions
8 x 6 3⁄8 in. (20.4 x 16.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Martha F. Butler
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Arabian
  • Dress — Arabian dress
  • Figure female — bust
Object Number
1992.66.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1992.66.2

Artwork Description

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg made many sketches of Egypt, Palestine, and Constantinople during the 1840s. When he returned to Florence, he created several idealized paintings of Middle Eastern people that he advertised as “national representative portraits.” (Davis, The Landscape of Belief, 1996)