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    Portrait of a Lady, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, painter.
    Title: 
    Portrait of a Lady, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1901.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    40 1/8 x 32 3/8 in. (101.9 x 82.2 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (Upper right:) F. W. BENSON/1901 signed
    Description: 
    A seated portrait of a woman wearing a "Watteau style" dinner gown with low-cut neckline, snug bodice, and frilled half-length sleeves. She also wears a dark hat and a yellow and orange shawl. Her left hand rests on her hip and her right hand is poised in front of her. She is seated against a background of large yellow flowers on an olive ground.
    Subject: 
    Portrait female
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 06.1221
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Hearn, George A., New York, New York by 1906.
    References: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
    Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 441.
    "Embracing Elegance, 1885-1920: American Art from the Huber Family Collection," Hanover, NH: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; Atlanta, GA: High Museum of Art; Distributed by University Press of New England, 2011, pg. 34.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 442.
    "Embracing Elegance, 1885-1920: American Art from the Huber Family Collection," Hanover, NH: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; Atlanta, GA: High Museum of Art; Distributed by University Press of New England, 2011, pg. 34.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 36120281
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