Mrs. Macdowall

Henry Raeburnabout 1800

Details

Title: Mrs. Macdowall
Creator Lifespan: 1756 - 1823
Creator Nationality: British
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: about 1800
Type: oil paintings
Rights: Gift of Mrs. Herman C. Krannert
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/21241
Medium: oil on canvas
wall label: In keeping with the taste in portraiture at the time, Mrs. MacDowall is posed in an informal outdoor setting and looks at the viewer with candor. The brown-toned landscape, although loosely based on natural observation, was painted in the artist's studio in accord with 18th-century practice. Raeburn's habit of painting swiftly gives this canvas much of its vitality.
measurements: 28 x 36 in.
Artist: Raeburn, Henry

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