Portrait of a Girl
Artist
Unknown
Formerly attributed to
François Dumont
(French, 1751 - 1831)
Datelate 19th century
MediumWatercolor and gouache on ivory;
Ormolu frame
DimensionsSight: 2 3/4 × 2 1/8 inches (6.99 × 5.4 cm)
Framed: 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 inches (8.26 × 6.67 cm)
Framed: 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 inches (8.26 × 6.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr and the Starr Foundation, Inc.
Object numberF58-60/33
InscribedInscribed on recto, center right: “Dumont / 1784”
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait miniature of a girl with natural hair wearing a pink and blue gown before a gray background.Exhibition HistoryFaces from China’s Past: New Directions in Figure Paintings, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 6–September 8, 2019, no cat.
Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.
Ross E. Taggart, The Starr Collection of Miniatures (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 1971), no. 237, p. 77, (repro.), as Unknown Young Girl.
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