Bellesa Revelada (Auto-retrat)
Bellesa Revelat (Auto-retrat) c1828 per la pintora nord-americana Sarah Goodridge (1788 – 1853); que es va especialitzar en miniatures de retrat i germana gran d'Elizabeth Goodridge (1798 – 1882), també un miniaturista.
Aquest és un interessant autoretrat fet per la pintora nord-americana Sarah Goodridge quan ho era 40 anys d'edat; un popular retratista en miniatura de la seva època.
És una miniatura a l'aquarel·la pintada sobre un 2.6 centímetres per 3.1 tros de polzada d'ivori, que representa només el pit de l'artista, que estan envoltats per un drap blanc.
Va donar el retrat a l'estadista Daniel Webster (1782 – 1852), que era un tema freqüent d'ella, amb alguns creient que ell també era el seu amant, arran de la mort de la seva dona.
Es tracta d’una reproducció de vells mestres d’art digital retocada d’una imatge de domini públic.
Informació a continuació derivada de Wikipedia.org
Sarah va ser la tercera filla i el sisè fill d'Ebenezer Goodridge i Beulah Childs. i va néixer a Templeton, Massachusetts el febrer 5, 1788.
At an early age she demonstrated a talent for art with the drawings she created, and because educational opportunities were limited in the area that she lived, especially for woman; she essentially was a self taught artist.
Sarah’s early works, which were sketches of people were done on birch bark since she did not have the money ot purchase paper; i per 1820 when she went to live in Boston, Massachusetts with her sister Eliza, she began taking lessons in painting and creating miniature portraits.
From the commissions she earned from her miniature portraits she was able to support herself and family; and over time would specialize in creating miniature portraits on ivory.
It is believed that the ivory painting training she received was most likely from American engraver, miniature painter and cartoonist Elkanah Tisdale (1768 – 1835); known for the famous cartoon “The Gerry-Mander”, published in the Boston Gazette on March 26, 1812, which led to the coining of the term gerrymandering.
Sarah became a well known painter of miniatures due to her paintings of correspondent and politician Daniel Webster (1782 – 1852) and fellow-artist Gilbert Stuart (1755 – 1828); with one of her best pieces being Beauty Revealed a miniature portrait of her own bared breast presented to Mr. Webster.