The image shows two children, a girl and a boy, depicted from head to toe. The girl is standing to the right, slightly turned towards the boy. She has dark hair tied back with a pink ribbon, and her facial features are serious with a fair complexion. The boy also has a fair complexion and short light-colored hair. They are both wearing matching red dresses with white lace collars and cuffs, and white pantalettes underneath. The boy holds a yellow ceramic jug decorated with a floral pattern, while the girl holds an open book in her hands. Around the girl's neck hangs a long chain with a…
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Sisters in Red

painter Sturtevant J. Hamblin (American, active 1837/1856)

c. 1840/1850

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 63.5 x 76.5 cm (25 x 30 1/8 in.) ; framed: 81.3 x 94.3 x 6.2 cm (32 x 37 1/8 x 2 7/16 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
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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