Facing away from us against a cherry-red background, the head and shoulders of a light-skinned woman wearing strawberry red, with her copper-brown hair piled atop her head, fills this vertical painting. Her body is angled to our right so her shoulders slope down in that direction, and we see the back edge of her right ear and the curve of her smooth cheek. Touches of coral pink outline the earlobe and sharpen the hollow below the top edge of the ear. Her hair is gathered into a bun on the top of her head, and curls flare out over her right temple. Her garment has puffy sleeves and a broad…
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Study of Lilia

painter Carolus-Duran (French, 1837 - 1917)

1887

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 55 x 46 cm (21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.) ; framed: 77.2 x 67.3 x 10.8 cm (30 3/8 x 26 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
New Century Fund, Gift of Edwin L. Cox - Ed Cox Foundation
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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