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
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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
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bequest of Martha F. Butler
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on paperboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Figure female – bust
- Arabian
- Dress – Arabian dress
- Object Number
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1992.66.2
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
