The image depicts a woman's upper body. She is seated in a sideways position but facing forward towards the viewer. The woman has dark hair styled in an updo with ringlet curls framing her face. Her facial features include fair complexion with a slight blush on her cheeks and blue eyes. She wears a yellow dress with puffed sleeves, patterned white lace detailing on the bodice, and a high waistline. Around her neck is a black choker with a gold pendant, and she has delicate gold drop earrings. She wears a bracelet on her right wrist and holds an ornate white fan in her right hand. The…
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Sophia Burpee Conant

painter The Conant Limner (American, active c. 1813)

c. 1813

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 56.2 x 43.2 cm (22 1/8 x 17 in.) ; framed: 68.6 x 55.2 x 6.9 cm (27 x 21 3/4 x 2 11/16 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
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