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
Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, Head of an Arab Girl, n.d., oil on paperboard, 86 38 in. (20.416.3 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
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
86 38 in. (20.416.3 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

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)

Works by this artist (731 items)

Joseph Cornell, Flora, 1970, drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 1991.155.371
Flora
Date1970
drawing
Not on view
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Juan Gris drawing), late 1960s, collage on masonite, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2002.58.20
Untitled (Juan Gris drawing)
Datelate 1960s
collage on masonite
Not on view