The image shows a young girl standing next to a window. Her eyes are looking directly at the viewer. She has fair skin, dark eyebrows, and dark hair with bangs. She is wearing a pink dress with short sleeves, a white ribbon tied around the waist and sleeves, and lace at the neckline. She is holding a small bouquet of flowers. The background features a red curtain beside the window and a view of a blue sky and greenery outside.
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Girl in a Pink Dress

painter The Beardsley Limner (American, active 1785/1805)

c. 1790

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 101.8 x 72.1 cm (40 1/16 x 28 3/8 in.) ; framed: 112.7 x 83.2 x 4.2 cm (44 3/8 x 32 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
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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