#portrait of a woman

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
“The Honourable Mrs Graham” (1775-1777)
Oil on canvas
Rococo
Located in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Eugene de Blaas (1843-1931)
“Girl at the Window” (1889)
Oil on panel
Currently in a private collection

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873)
“Princess Louise of Prussia” (1856)
Oil on canvas
Located in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

Princess Louise Marie Elisabeth of Prussia (1838-1923) was Grand Duchess of Baden from 1856 to 1907 as the wife of Grand Duke Frederick I. She was the second child and only daughter of Wilhelm I, German Emperor, and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the younger sister of Frederick William (“Fritz”)–the future German Emperor Frederick III–and the aunt of Emperor Wilhelm II.

Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
“Desdemona”
Oil on canvas
Academicism
Currently in a private collection

Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916)
“Interior with Young Woman Seen from the Back” (c. 1903-1904)
Oil on canvas
Located in the Randers Kunstmuseum, Jutland, Denmark

Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931)
“Dream Book” (1901)
Oil on canvas
Located in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, United States

Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
“La folie”
Oil on canvas
Located in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales

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The Front Parlor, 1913

William McGregor Paxton

Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845)
“A Painter’s Studio” (c. 1800)
Oil on canvas
Located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, United States