Portrait of a Young Lady

Provenance

(Rose M. de Forest [Mrs. Augustus de Forest], New York); sold 12 April 1922 to Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[1] his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA. [1] According to 1928 Clarke exhibition catalogue annotated with information from files of M. Knoedler & Co., NY (copy in NGA curatorial records and in NGA library).

Portrait of a Young Lady

Unknown 19th Century

c. 1835

Accession Number

1947.17.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 61.3 x 46 cm (24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.) | framed: 81.3 x 66.4 x 8.3 cm (32 x 26 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection