Portrait of a Woman by Thomas Wilmer Dewing

Portrait of a Woman

Thomas Wilmer Dewing · 1895

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Artist
Thomas Wilmer Dewing
Date
1895
Medium
Silverpoint on paper, mounted on pulp board
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
22 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (57.2 x 47.9 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Purchase, Bequests of Eliza W. Howland, Collis P. Huntington, Vera Ruth Miller, Lillie P. Bliss, Egbert Guernsey Rankin, and George D. Pratt, by exchange; Gifts of George I. Seney, Mrs. George Langdon Jewett, A. W. Bahr, Allison V. Armour, E. Everett Dickinson Jr., J. Pierpont Morgan, John G. Agar, and George A. Hearn, by exchange; and Vain and Harry Fish Foundation Inc. Gift, 1984
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Thomas Wilmer Dewing

Thomas Wilmer Dewing, a founding member of the Ten American Painters, was celebrated for his ethereal figure paintings of aristocratic women.

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