Painting On Glass Of Woman W/ 2 Children
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. REVERSE OILS ON GLASS, WOODEN FRAME PARTLY PAINTED IN DARK BROWN & PARTLY LEFT UNPAINTED BUT VARNISHED. BACK OF FRAME HAS REMOVABLE WOODEN BACK W/ WOODEN PEGS, BOTH PAINTED DARK BROWN. HAS LABEL "ANTIQUITIE, CHINA, PORTRAIT OF WOMAN W/ 2 CHILDREN, OIL ON GLASS, CA. 1820, 36.77." FRAME TOP HAS ORNATE METAL HOOK. DEPICTS A SLATE BLUE BACKGROUND, THE FOREGROUND SHOWING A SEATED WOMAN W/ A CHILD SEATED IN HER LAP. BOTH LOOK TO THEIR LEFT AT ANOTHER CHILD, SEATED ON A BROWN TABLE. WOMAN WEARS EARRINGS & FLOWERS IN HER PULLED-BACK HAIR, CLAD IN DARK BLUE ROBE W/ DARKER FLORAL PATTERN & SLEEVES TRIMMED IN PALE BLUE. RIGHT HAND IS ON TABLE, TOUCHING THE LEFT FOOT OF THE CHILD. CHILD SEATED IN HER LAP HAS BOTH HANDS RAISED, RIGHT HAND TOUCHING THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE OTHER CHILD, WHO HOLDS A GOLD MEDALLION IN THE RIGHT HAND, A BROWN STICK/PEN IN THE OTHER. ALL 3 WEAR GOLD BRACELETS. BOTH CHILDREN HAVE TRADITIONAL HAIR STYLE, W/ SHAVED HEADS EXCEPT FOR 3 PATCHES. THEY WEAR BIBS W/ THIN SHOULDER STRAPS, COVER THE TORSO, & LEAVE LIMBS BARE. RED BIBS ARE TRIMMED IN BLACK W/ BLACK FLORAL PATTERN. CONDITION: TAPE RESIDUES ON GLASS SURFACE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428126-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 73 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 54 cm
label: Height - Frame & Hook
content: 3 cm