In this painting, there are three individuals dressed in elaborate outfits inside a gray, columned interior. The central person is a woman seated on a green couch with ornate golden detailing. She has fair skin, rosy cheeks, and white hair styled upward under a dark brown cap covered with white gems, pearls, and feathers in white, pink, and brown. She wears a luxurious gown with a pink and silver color scheme, adorned with intricate patterns including cream lace designs, gems, and pearls near the neckline and bottom of the dress. She has white gloves on her hands, one of which holds a black…
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Three Figures Dressed for a Masquerade

painter Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (French, 1715 - 1759)

c. 1740s

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 166.4 x 127 cm (65 1/2 x 50 in.) ; framed: 188.6 x 147.3 x 11.4 cm (74 1/4 x 58 x 4 1/2 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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