Portrait of a Lady

P. E. Stroëhling, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1800, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.21
P. E. Stroëhling, Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1800, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 x 1 5⁄8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.21
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of a Lady
Artist
Attributed to P. E. Stroëhling
Date
ca. 1800
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 x 1 5⁄8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — unidentified — child
  • Portrait female — unidentified — bust
Object Number
1959.7.21
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1959.7.21

Artwork Description

Painted around the beginning of the nineteenth century, this portrait shows a romantic profile of a young lady with a scarf wrapped carelessly around her disheveled hair.

Works by this artist (3 items)

Edward Weston, Pepper no. 30, 1930, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.56
Pepper no. 30
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Date1930
gelatin silver print
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Edward Weston, Igor Stravinsky, ca. 1935, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum acquisition, 1977.74.14
Igor Stravinsky
Artist
Dateca. 1935
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Image Not Available
Point Lobos
Artist
Date1946
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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