Portrait de Jennie Walters Delano
Portrait de Jennie Walters Delano c1876 par le peintre américain George Augustus Baker Jr. (1821 – 1880); connu pour ses miniatures et peintures de portraits.
C'est un beau portrait de Jennie Walters Delano (1853 – 1922) the daughter of William T. and Ellen Walters (née Harper), and the sister of Henry Walters; and was most likely done around the time of her marriage when she was 23 ans.
In the painting she is sitting in front of an olive colored wall, with her tied in a circular bundle toward the back of her head.
She is wearing a gold necklace with a ruffled collar white blouse and a black dress with blue a black ruffles along the v-shaped collar that match a sash that she has tied around her waist.
Il s'agit d'une reproduction de maîtres anciens d'art numérique retouchée d'une image du domaine public.
Information Below Is Derived From Lacma.org
George was a successful miniaturist and portrait painter of the Victorian era, his father who was also an artist began instructing George in the art of miniature painting at an early age, which led him at the age of sixteen to begin a career as a miniature painter.
In furtherance of his career he attended classes at the National Academy of Design for sevens years, et de 1846 – 1848 traveled to Europe, and upon his return setup a studio as a successful portraitist in New York, Etats-Unis.
Dans 1851 il a été élu membre de la National Academy of Design; et de 1867 à 1869 he was an instructor at the National Academy of Design, and continued to exhibit his artwork on a regular basis, jusqu'à sa mort en 1880 à l'âge de 59.