Portrait of a Lady Holding a Letter

Adrien Carpentiers, English, 1713 - 1778

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1748

Oil on canvas

Overall: 51 3/4 × 40 11/16 in. (131.5 × 103.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alice and M. R. Schweitzer

P.961.254

Geography

Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, lower right: A. Carpentiers P. 1748

Course History

Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023

Exhibition History

Curator's Choice: Dartmouth College Permanent Collection, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29, 1976-January 16, 1977.

Provenance

[Marthe] Alice (1915-2004) and M. R. [Meyer (Mac) R.] Schweitzer (1911-2006), New York; given to present collection, 1961.

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