The image displays a woman depicted from the waist up. She is seated, with her body angled slightly to the left, while her head is turned towards the viewer. Her facial features are soft with a serene expression and her hair is pinned back smoothly. She is wearing a luxurious fur-trimmed shawl over a dress with ornate lace cuffs visible at the wrists. The dress features a greenish-blue patterned fabric. Around her neck, she wears a choker necklace. Her hand rests on a wooden table adorned with intricate carvings, and a rich red drapery is elegantly draped over the table's edge. The…
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Young Woman with a Muff

painter French 18th Century

c. 1750

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 118 x 95.3 cm (46 7/16 x 37 1/2 in.) ; framed: 149.9 x 127.6 cm (59 x 50 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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