Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Fanny Henning (c. 1847-1866) |
Catalog Number |
2007.3.1 |
Artist |
Healy, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894 |
Date |
1867 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Other Name |
Portrait |
Medium |
oil |
Material |
canvas |
Dimensions |
H-63 W-46 D-2 inches |
Description |
Portrait of Fanny Henning (c. 1847-1866) painted posthumously. Full length portrait of a young girl. She is standing and wearing a white dress with pleading, with blue ribbon trim, a blue waist best and three rows of blue ribbon trim on the bottom of her dress. The edge of her petticoat is visible. She has on white stockings and blue shoes. She has brown hair, large brown eyes. Her right proper hand is holding the neckline of her dress. Her left proper hand is placed on the skirt of her dress. There is a sky and a gestural landscape in the background. There is a red curtain and a brown wall in the middle ground. On the floor on her proper right side is a blue book. Signed in the lower left corner, underneath the book. Bronzed frame with gold leaf outline around the edge of the frame. |
Featured Collection |
Art |