TitleThe Fair Student
Artist
Daniel Huntington
(American, 1816 - 1906)
Date1858
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 30 × 25 in.
Framed: 33 7/8 × 29 × 2 3/8 in.
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Bequest of James A. Suydam, 1865
Object number604-P
Label TextThis painting was created while Huntington was visiting London, and the figure's dress, the decorative objects in the room, and the Baroque style of the portrait on the wall collectively suggest that he intended it to be viewed as a period piece. Young women frequently served the artist as vehicles for religious themes, and the woman pictured here may possibly be absorbed in reading a Bible.Collections
- 19th Century Highlights from the Collection
