Shown from about the lap up, a woman with light skin sits facing us as she wears a voluminous garment that covers her head and forehead beneath a black veil that falls over and past her shoulders in this vertical portrait painting. The light comes from our left, illuminating her smooth skin and flushed cheeks. She looks at us with gray eyes under gently arched brows. Her coral-pink lips are closed and possibly pulled back slightly at the corners. Her garment is pleated across the chest and sleeves to fall in full folds over her arms. A wide panel covers her shoulders, the sides of her neck,…
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Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises

Nicolas de Largillierre (French, 1656 - 1746)

1729

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 81.5 x 65.7 cm (32 1/16 x 25 7/8 in.) ; framed: 115.6 x 89.5 cm (45 1/2 x 35 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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