A pale-skinned girl wearing a striped dress and holding up a spoon and a rose looks out at us in this vertical portrait painting. Her body faces us, and her head turns lightly to the left. She has a wide, square face with large, dark eyes, flushed cheeks, and her dark pink lips curve in a slight smile. Her dark brown hair is parted in the middle and gathered at the nape of her neck. A thick curl drapes over one shoulder. Her dress has a rounded, lace-edged neckline, a tightly fitting bodice, long, and loose sleeves gathered at the elbows over a transparent white under-shirt. The ankle-length…
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Susanna Truax

Possibly painter Pieter Vanderlyn (American, c. 1687 - 1778)

painter The Gansevoort Limner (American, active 1730/1745)

1730

Medium
oil on bed ticking
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 95.9 x 83.8 cm (37 3/4 x 33 in.) ; framed: 111.1 x 96.5 x 4.1 cm (43 3/4 x 38 x 1 5/8 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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