TitlePortrait of a Woman
Artist
William Thorne
(1863 - 1956)
Date1899
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 20 3/4 × 14 in.
Framed: 31 × 24 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1256-P
Label TextSet in an interior, this delicate rendering a woman in a white evening frock, with lace bodice and brown sleeve, displays the qualities that established Thorne as a society portraitist. There is an air of melancholy about the figure, as she stares out at the viewer, seated on a couch, her arm wrapped around a large, round white pillow.