Painter:

Fagnani, Joseph 1819-1873  Search this

Subject:

Barlow, Francis Channing, Mrs. (Ellen Shaw)  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 74.45

Date:

1869

Notes:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.

Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 113.

Summary:

Portrait of Mrs. Francis Channing Barlow as Polyhymnia, the Muse of Heroic Hymn, sitting with her left hand raised to her chin, in a meditative pose. She holds a scroll in her lap with her right hand, and a lyre rests against her left leg. On the left there is a lighted lamp representing knowledge.

Topic:

Portrait female--Knee length  Search this

Mythology--Classical--Polyhymnia  Search this

Object--Musical Instrument--Lyre  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Scroll  Search this

Control number:

IAP 36120379

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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