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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

Luce Center Label

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)

Title
Head of an Arab Girl
Artist
Miner Kilbourne Kellogg
Date
n.d.
Location
  1. Smithsonian American Art Museum
  2. Luce Foundation Center
  3. 3rd Floor
  4. 10B
Dimensions
8 x 6 3/8 in. (20.4 x 16.3 cm.)
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Bequest of Martha F. Butler

Mediums
oil
Mediums Description
oil on paperboard
Classifications
Painting
Keywords
  • Figure female – bust
  • Ethnic – Arabian
  • Dress – ethnic – Arabian dress
Object Number
1992.66.2
Palette
Linked Open Data URI

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