This painting shows a woman seated in a cushioned red chair, her body and head turned slightly to the right. She has pale white skin, and her dark hair is styled in an updo behind her head. She has a straight nose, small red lips, and closed eyes. She wears a long white dress with a voluminous skirt, accessorized with a black pendant on her neckline, a light blue necklace that hangs down around her neck, dark blue earrings, a blue-and-gold ring, a black bracelet, and a gold bracelet. In her right hand, she holds a section of light blue knitting with two white needles, connected to a ball of…
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Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874 - 1939)

1915

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 131.5 x 130.3 cm (51 3/4 x 51 5/16 in.) ; framed: 148 x 148 x 5.7 cm (58 1/4 x 58 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Frances Frieseke Kilmer
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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