Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

Object number2019.73.1
Artist
Framed by
Datec. 1835
MediumOil on canvas; Linen liner; Varnish; Wood; Paint; Metal; Foamcore; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Donald C. Thompson
DescriptionFramed oil painting on canvas. Portrait painting depicts woman from the waist up in nearly frontal view, facing slightly proper left; her head is tilted slightly to the proper right. Subject has dark black-brown curly hair in an updo with ringlets. Subject gazes at the viewer with a slight smile and has blue-gray eyes, black-brown eyebrows, pink lips and cheeks, and pale light-colored skin. Subject wears black teardrop-shaped earrings. Subject wears an emerald green dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves; dress has off-the-shoulder neckline with diaphanous fabric and lace section above the neckline featuring white ruffled collar with pink bow; front center of dress neckline has a cameo brooch. Subject's hands are in front of her torso and hold a gold object that is connected to a long gold chain that wraps around her shoulders. Figure wears one ring on each hand. Background is variegated greens and grays with red highlights along the proper right margin and a branch of foliage with red highlights in the top proper left corner. Artwork is unsigned. Painting has been relined and has a white Foamcore backing board. Painting is set in a modern gold painted wooden frame. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Framed): 32.625 x 23.625 x 2.375 in. (82.9 x 60 x 6 cm)
Height x Width (Canvas size): 28.125 x 19.25 in. (71.4 x 48.9 cm)
Height x Width (Sight size): 27.438 x 18.5 in. (69.7 x 47 cm)
InscriptionsReverse of frame on the proper right frame member near the top proper right corner has a partial gold sticker with black printed text "MADE IN... / R.O."
MarksReverse of backing board has framer's label applied at bottom center featuring text "J.J. Gillespie".
Historical NotesThis portrait is possibly one of the daughters of Stephen Remington. The painting came through donor Donald C. Thompson's family. The family believes it to be one of the daughters of Stephen Remington. Remington bought land off of the United States government in Pittsburgh in 1815 on the site of what was once Fort Fayette at Garrison Alley and Penn Avenue, the current site of Pittsburgh's David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Remington was very involved in the Methodist Church in Pittsburgh and part of a reformist split in the church that ended up in a lawsuit over the downtown church that went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1831.
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